Their public reputation demands that in the subject in which they teach no one should have discovered anything which they have not already discovered. These files were added in Dec '98, and they deal with the Lapita problem. This doesn't seem so to me, although academic Polynesianists seem to be very united about this. There are more than enough reasons to question this unanimity. Here are the files dealing with the history of Easter Island and Polynesia.
Easter Island is a very unusual place by all accounts.
Here you will find the evidence indicating that it was visited by ancient Americans. But also, a much wider American influence in ancient Polynesia is documented in these articles. This file was added in March '98. This is the subject that created plenty of controversy in archaeology discussion areas on the Net recently. This article is available from the British Channel 4.