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Easter Island heads mystery solved?

By Rachel Coker • Oct 15, 2018 • Research In The News•   

A new Binghamton study suggests that the lost civilization of Easter Island may have chosen the location of the iconic moai heads to signal where fresh water was available, Newsweek reports.

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