Biology
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Indigenous Communities in Australia Cultivated Banana 2,000 Years Ago
Contrary to the belief that Australia's first peoples were 'only hunter-gatherers,' archeologists found evidence that the earliest indigenous communities cultivated bananas. In the western Torres Strait, relics of cultivation and management were found at Wagadagam on the tiny island of Mabuyag and dated back to 2,145 years ago.
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