Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known (local), is home­ to several hundred ancient human statues. After this remote Pacific island was settled by the Polynesians(波利尼西亚人), it remained (abandon) for centuries. All the resources that went into the statues, some of are ten metres tall and weigh over 7,000 kilos , came from the Island itself . Yet when Dutch adventurers landed in 1722, they met a Stone Age culture. The statues （carve）with stones tools, then transported for many kilometers, without the use of animals or wheels, the large stone platforms. The identity of the statues builders was in doubt until well into twentieth century. Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian (explore) , thought the statues had been created by the people from Peru. Bestselling Swiss author Erich Daniken believed they were built by aliens.Local folklore（民俗） believ Modern science has proved that the statues builders were Polynesians, but not proved  they moved their creations. that the statues walked there (they), while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors dragged the statues there, (use) ropes and logs.