Traces of Breadfruit and other South American crops found recently discovered early settlement on Easter Island, Rapa Nui, point towards regular contact between South America and the island ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Obsidian blades unearthed from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, have unveiled a profound connection between the island’s earliest human inhabitants and South America, according to a recent ...

Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived ... potato originally came from South America. Does this mean that ...