Tools reveal Easter Island may not have had a societal collapse

By Chelsea Whyte

The indigenous people of Easter Island, the Rapa Nui, were thought to have undergone a societal collapse some time after the 17th century due to in-fighting over depleted natural resources. But a new study of the tools they used to carve their famous moai statues adds to the evidence that the Rapa Nui in fact had a highly collaborative society.

Easter Island covers just 170 square kilometres and is one of the most remote places on Earth, sitting thousands of miles from the nearest landmass in the south-eastern …

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