Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the ... However, previous studies looking at small amounts of DNA from ancient ...

The population of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, interbred with Native Americans before Europeans arrived, despite ...

Ancient DNA from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Refutes Best-Selling Population Collapse Theory Sep. 11, 2024 — Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with its gigantic statues and treeless landscape has fascinated ...

Hoa Hakananai'a was removed from Rapa Nui in the 19th Century Prominent among the eclectic hoard of treasures in London's British Museum is the imposing figure of Hoa Hakananai'a, a four-tonne ...

All have tried to approach the question as the early Rapa Nui people did, with the use of only stone, wood, rope, and human power. The following is a brief summary of those attempts. We encourage ...

Indeed, in 1994, DNA from 12 Easter Island skeletons was ... "end of the land," or "land's end," is an early name for the island. On Rapa Nui, the more modern, and local, name for Easter Island ...

Mahani Teave, a classical pianist from Rapa Nui, will make her debut at the MACC on Friday. She will play classical works by well-known composers as well as traditional Rapa Nui pieces.

A frigid wind gusted in from Antarctica, making Tuki shiver. He’s a Rapanui, an indigenous Polynesian resident of Rapa Nui, as the locals call Easter Island; his own ancestors probably helped ...

A decade after the dairy discovery on strikingly intact remains mummified by the Taklamakan Desert’s arid conditions, scientists have extracted and sequenced DNA from the 3,600-year-old cheese, the ...

The reclusive land artist Michael Heizer turned 80 this week. We celebrated by taking a life-changing voyage to visit his ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Our Bright Ideas in Travel list, first launched in 2022, recognizes the players, places, and projects that are approaching ...