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

By Monica Fahey, Adjunct Fellow in molecular ecology, Macquarie University
Emilie Ens, Associate Professor in cross-cultural ecology, Macquarie University
Maurizio Rossetto, Principal Research Scientist, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
Oliver Costello, Director, Jagun Alliance Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
Patrick Cooke, Indigenous Knowledge, Macquarie University

Pairing First Nations lore with genetic analysis lets us retrace how important food trees were deliberately moved thousands of years ago

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