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Ancient food scraps provide clues to past rainfall in Australia s Northern Territory

Date Time Ancient food scraps provide clues to past rainfall in Australia’s Northern Territory These pandanus trees, on Australia’s Magela Creek floodplain near the archaeological site of Madjedbebe, are the subject of new research involving the University of Washington.Florin et al., 2021, Nature Ecology and Evolution Ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest site of human occupation, in the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory, are helping researchers generate rainfall records dating back 65,000 years. A new study led by the University of Queensland and involving the University of Washington provides a glimpse into the region’s climate at the time when people first entered the Australian continent from the north.

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