Easter Island Research Paper

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Out near the middle of the Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 years ago, a few dozen explorers landed on an island. This island is now known as Easter Island. The Rapanui’s were the explorers that had landed on the island. Somehow the statues they made were being moved mysteriously. Two different ways they could have been move were being rolled with rollers and sledges, or walking them with ropes. I believe that the statues walked. The reason I think they walked is because first of all, using the sledge and roller method would require cutting down lots of trees (page 10 paragraph 1). Also, skeptics moved a replica with eighteen people (page 11 paragraph). When the replica was moved it was only moved a few hundred yards. Also, another reason they

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