Now, these surprising findings could fundamentally change our understanding of ancient life on Easter Island. The people of Rapa Nui ... while not native to Rapa Nui, are Polynesian crops ...

Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen ... Today, about 2,000 native people and about as many Chileans crowd into the island’s only village, Hanga Roa, and its outskirts.

or other high-ranking males who held important positions in the history of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the name given by the indigenous people to their island in the 1860s. Archaeologist Jo Anne ...