NOVA | February 2024

The giant stone heads of Easter Island have inspired theories for centuries. New research reveals intriguing evidence of the origins and inspirations of the ancient Rapanui people who created the iconic monoliths.
At the end of the 19th century, engineers designed a revolutionary new kind of building that could soar to dizzying heights, made not from wood or stone but iron. Gustave Eiffel had just finished building the inner skeleton of the Statue of Liberty when he set his sights on a new challenge. For the upcoming 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, he would create the world’s highest structure and do it in just two years, two months and five days.
For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Follow the dramatic quest to recover DNA millions of years old and reveal a lost world from before the last Ice Age.
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