Easter Island`s society might not have collapsed
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

You probably know Easter Island as `the place with the giant stone heads.` This remote island 2,300 miles off the coast of Chile has long been seen as mysterious-a place where Polynesian seafarers set up camp, built giant statues, and then destroyed their own society through in-fighting and over-exploitation of natural resources. However, a new article in the Journal of Pacific Archaeology hints at a more complex story-by analyzing the chemical makeup of the tools used to create the big stone sculptures, archaeologists found evidence of a sophisticated society where the people shared information and collaborated.