Ancient Aboriginal food production systems may solve how we feed ourselves sustainably in the future

A University of Queensland-led research team says the key to a more sustainable food future may be a better understanding of ancient Indigenous food production systems. Their ARC Discovery project ‘Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis’ combines bioarchaeology, archaeobotany, palynology, ethnobotany, and plant genetics in partnership with Indigenous communities to challenge existing perspectives.

University of Queensland’s Professor Robert Henry -Professor of Innovation in Agriculture and specialist in plant genetics