The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an enigma to experts for centuries. But now, archaeologists have finally answered one of the most burning questions surrounding ...

People from Chile's Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, also had South American ancestry ... This contact explains the mystery of how the sweet potato arrived in Polynesia centuries before European ...

The wind is mild, grass lush, sky grey. This is Chile’s Easter Island – but it could be the west coast of Ireland, except for these strange green conical volcanoes, hundreds of metres high.