The moai were carved with stone tools ... after Europeans arrived in the 18th century. By then Easter Island had only a few scrawny trees. In the 1970s and 1980s, though, biogeographer John ...

It's clear that they were ... for Easter Island, large palm forests flourished. Upon arrival, early Rapanui settlers would have planted the plants that they brought with them: banana trees ...

Easter Island has about 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered throughout the island. Most historians agree that the Moai statues were carved by Polynesians approximately 900 years ago.

Their spirits were said to temporarily live ... one another during events like the banana tree trunk toboggan run. Hoteliers on Easter Island know better than to compete with nature.

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the ... Earlier accounts recorded by visitors to the island indicate that statues were ordered to walk by the mythical King Tuu Ku ...