Preview: Season 51 Episode 2 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.
How were Easter Island’s giant stone heads made? New research challenges the idea that their construction led to environmental and social collapse – and uncovers surprising clues about the origins, innovations, and resilience of the Rapanui people.
Aired: 02/07/24
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(dramatic music) - [Narrator] Easter Island, its giant Moai statues inspire wonder.
- Moais are incredible.
(drone whirring) (dramatic music) - [Narrator] Can new research finally reveal the truth?
- [Interviewee] It's amazing.
- [Narrator] Behind these iconic statues and the people who built them?
- Scientists are helping to show the real history.
- [Narrator] "Easter Island Origins" on Nova.
(dramatic music)
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