Walking the trees: we traced how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees

Pre-colonial dispersal of Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and Black Bean trees (Castanospermum australe) by Indigenous Peoples. "Unpicking the deeper past using First Nations lore and genetic analysis is a promising combination to shed light on domestication. Indigenous movement of plants worked to domesticate landscapes. That is, social and cultural preferences of ancestral groups drove ecological transformations which seem, at first glance, to be natural."
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https://theconversation.com/walking-the-trees-we-traced-how-first-nations-groups-moved-bunya-pine-and-black-bean-trees-229914
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Fab to be able to nip into the mountains after a busy day working for badgers 🦡

Being in a landscape that dwarfs you in so many ways & challenges you to engage with it in such a visceral way is intoxicating.

So, huge gratitude to the towering rocks & stones that have known our ancestors ways & that continue to show us pathways to become our best selves.

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