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New archaeological evidence supports Indigenous oral histories on insects as food

Cloggs Cave in Victoria
Cloggs Cave in Victoria Source: SBS

The first conclusive archaeological evidence of insects as a food source in Australia has been discovered.


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By Bernadette Clarke, Stergos Kastelloriou

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The first conclusive archaeological evidence of insects as a food source in Australia has been discovered.


Traditional owners and archaeologists worked together to uncover a significant grindstone, recovering an important part of Indigenous history.

In an archaeological world first, physical evidence has been discovered that a certain insect long ago formed part of Indigenous Australians' diets.


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