EASTER ISLAND,Chile – Scientists may have solved one of the riddles about the well-known giant statues of Easter Island—why long-ago inhabitants placed them where they did. A modern study in PLOS One makes the case that the statues went up to designate sources of fresh water, one of the island’s most precious commodities. US researchers focused on the eastern portion of the Chilean island, or where 93 of the platforms on which the statues stand were built,reportsCNN. They soon zeroed in on […]
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