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 ...

Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants arrived around ... Botanists have proven that the sweet potato originally came from South America. Does this mean that people from South ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited ... an archaeologist at the University of Arizona, told "Good Morning America." The statue is just over 5 feet tall and was found lying on its ...

Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions. Last weekend, the second regular flight was performed, thus reopening one of the most iconic tourist routes after sanitary ...