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New research reveals Easter Island’s iconic statues most likely carved by competing clans #shorts
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1:05Now PlayingThe gargantuan heads of Easter Island may have finally tacked on an artist credit — or several, it turns out.
The over 900 statues on Rapa Nui, the indigenous name for the Chilean territory, had long been thought by researchers to be carved by hundreds of workers in a single chiefdom sometime during the 13th century. However, new research has led scientists to believe that each individual statue — called the moai — was most likely carved by competing clans or families.
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