65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation

  • Written by: Anna Florin, Research fellow, University of Cambridge
65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetationMay Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015.Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC), Author provided

For 65,000 years, Bininj – the local Kundjeihmi word for Aboriginal people – have returned to Madjedbebe rock shelter on Mirarr Country in the Kakadu region (in the Northern Territory).

Over this immense span of...

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