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After a long journey, a group of settlers sets foot on an otherwise empty land. A vast expanse separates them from other human beings, cutting off any possibility of outside contact. Their choices will make the difference between survival and death.
The people of Easter Island may have something to teach future Martian colonists.
Binghamton University anthropologists Carl Lipo and Robert DiNapoli explore how complex community patterns in Rapa Nui -- the indigenous name for both the island and its people -- helped the isolated island survive from its settlement in the 12th to 13th century until European contact.