The researchers believe that the Rapa Nui people adapted to the environmental ... ten percent of the Rapa Nui genetic ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon ... which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people throughout the world ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon ... which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people throughout the world ...

There are hundreds of huge stone statues on Rapa Nui — the so-called Moai. No one has ever conclusively found out why they exist. But researchers have long assumed that many thousands of people ...

In 1966, Chile passed a law which authorized the President to grant land titles to the Rapa Nui people and prohibited the transfer of lands to non-indigenous individuals. However, land was ...

A newly identified drought on the Pacific island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, could have spurred islanders to invest fewer resources in building their legendary stone monuments.