Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua (the navel of the world), also known as Easter Island, is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the world. Located in the Pacific, it lies over 1,900 km east of ...

Rapa Nui, often referred to as Easter Island, is one of the most remote populated islands in the world. It’s so distant that Europeans didn’t stumble onto it until centuries after they had started ...

The new study also indicates the Polynesian people who settled Rapa Nui mixed with indigenous South Americans centuries before the arrival of Europeans. Reading time 3 minutes Shortly after Europeans ...

A genetic study has revealed that a self-inflicted population collapse is unlikely to have caused the decline of the ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. The latest findings, ...

The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Te Pito o Te Henua, also known as Easter Island, sits almost 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) from the nearest Polynesian island and is 3,700 km (2,299 mi) west of ...

DNA analysis of ancient remains from Easter Island shows that the population was in fact increasing when Europeans arrived, rather than collapsing as reported by some historical accounts. The results ...