[HN Gopher] Fossils of a Prehistoric Rainforest Hide in Australi...
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       Fossils of a Prehistoric Rainforest Hide in Australia's Rusted
       Rocks
        
       Author : wglb
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2022-01-09 20:53 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | javbit wrote:
       | I think I read somewhere that Aboriginal Australians have oral
       | tradition that mentions rain forests covering much of the
       | continent. I wonder if these are the same (edit: perhaps remnants
       | of, since the fossils are dated in the millions of years) forests
       | that the article mentions.
       | 
       | If anything, really shows how the "traditional" knowledge that I
       | personally did not consider much before may be worth taking a
       | second look at.
        
         | briga wrote:
         | Considering that the Aborigines spent tens of thousands of
         | years doing controlled burns
         | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-stick_farming), it's quite
         | likely the ecosystem and climate changed quite a bit in that
         | time, much like every piece of land humans have touched.
        
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