What intrigues me about Easter Island is this:
Scientists discover Easter Island ‘fountain of youth’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1198366/Fountain-youth-drug-extend-life-decade.html
... In tests on animals, the chemical increased life expectancy by a ... chemical is produced by a microbe that lives in the Easter Island soil. ...
This is cute: “rapamycin” heh heh...
The problem with island populations is de facto incest as the family lines cross multiple times. The Pitcairn Islanders had the same problems with authorities, who were transporting some people out to find mates somewhere else. The photo I remember of one of the Pitcairn babes made me want to, uh, relocate.