Because of these trafic decreases in population, it is difficult to trace where the islanders originally came from, There are no written records of the island’s history and with the death of its inhabitants the oral tradition faded away. There are two major theories regarding the islanders’ origins. The first is that they were Polynesian’ while the second suggests that they came from South America. Whoever they were’ one thing is certain. They have constructed the most famous stone statues in the world.