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Earliest evidence of Indigenous communities cultivating bananas uncovered – ABC News
The findings – published in this week’s Nature journal – add to a growing body of work challenging the view that Australia’s first peoples were only “hunter gatherers”.
Archaeologists from the ANU have uncovered the earliest evidence of Indigenous communities cultivating bananas in Australia.
They’ve identified an ancient site where bananas were grown on a Torres Strait island at least 2,000 years ago.
The findings – published in this week’s Nature journal – add to a growing body of work challenging the view that Australia’s first peoples were only “hunter gatherers”.
Guest:
Robert Williams, Indigenous archaeologist
Producer: Cathy Van Extel…
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