About 12 years ago, @clipo and Hunt introduced their #WalkingMoai hypothesis 👣🗿 about how the monumental sculptures on #EasterIsland Rapa Nui may have been moved from the quarries to their final locations, combining oral tradition and #ExperimentalArchaeology.

In a recently published "response to critics" in J. Archaeol. Sci. 183, 2025 they now present new archaeological evidence and experimental validation:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440325002328?via%3Dihub