New 3D scan reveals a hidden network of moai carvers on Easter Island

This is paper is re-stating, almost literally, what the locals all told me in great detail. What was the basis for an alternative prevailing theory?

Lipo CP, Hunt TL, Pakarati G, Pingel T, Simmons N, et al. (2025) Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). PLOS ONE 20(11): e0336251. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336251

Reading this, it feels like an application on Conway's law.