Easter Island's giant moai statues could "walk" with only three things in place: a small group of people, long ropes and the use of pendulum dynamics, a new study finds.
Researchers have long debated how the Indigenous people of Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, moved their huge human-faced moai statues — which can weigh dozens of tons, on average — centuries ago. Now, a new study finds that physics was on their side.
