The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant ...

It turns out that the wooden boats were far more sophisticated ... Niccolo Mazzucco told New Scientist. The canoes vary in size from 4 to 11 meters long. The smaller ones likely served for fishing.

Though wood ... long expeditions. Ten bullheaded counselors from Vermont's Keewaydin Dunmore camp are looking to buck both those trends, though. They've already built five 17-foot, wood-canvas ...

The discovery was called by one archaeologist as something that will go down as one of the most important finds in Polynesian history.