<P> The Austronesian Polynesians , who first settled the island , are likely to have arrived from the Marquesas Islands from the west . These settlers brought bananas , taro , sugarcane , and paper mulberry , as well as chickens and Polynesian rats . The island at one time supported a relatively advanced and complex civilization . </P>
<P> The Austronesian Polynesians , who first settled the island , are likely to have arrived from the Marquesas Islands from the west . These settlers brought bananas , taro , sugarcane , and paper mulberry , as well as chickens and Polynesian rats . The island at one time supported a relatively advanced and complex civilization . </P>
where did the original inhabitants of easter island come from
where did the original inhabitants of easter island come from
the Marquesas Islands from the west
the Marquesas Islands from the west