These linguistic links point to a genealogical bond that ties the people of the Pacific to one another. Indeed, in 1994, DNA from 12 Easter Island skeletons was found to be Polynesian. According ...
Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter ...
A university spokesperson said the remains had not been used for research in several decades, before which it isn’t ...
La cueca is a staple folk dance at Chilean celebrations and known for its rhythm, choreography and symbolism as a dance of ...
Today, those indigenous to the land call the island Rapa Nui, named for the Rapa Nui people. As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its ...
The people of the Pacific are intimately tied ... and now several teams are attempting to be the first to reach Easter Island, using ancient navigational techniques. No one has navigated a raft ...
Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers placed a "huge burden" on the land, CNN said in 2019. To prevent a covid catastrophe, officials ...
It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island, not just in the Pacific, but in the world. Not surprisingly, it took human beings a long time to get there. The people of the ...
In the quarry at Rano Raraku, ancient matamu'a carved the stone monuments known as moai, which represent ancestors who have passed away. The Rapa Nui ...