2000 Year-old Bogong moth (Agrotis infusa) Aboriginal food remains, Australia

Abstract Insects form an important source of food for many people around the world, but little is known of the deep-time history of insect harvesting from the archaeological record. In Australia, early settler writings from the 1830s to mid-1800s reported congregations of Aboriginal groups from mult...

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Main Authors: Birgitta Stephenson, Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv, Lee J. Arnold, GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Fiona Petchey, Chris Urwin, Vanessa N. L. Wong, Richard Fullagar, Helen Green, Jerome Mialanes, Matthew McDowell, Rachel Wood, John Hellstrom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79307-w