Historic Aboriginal rock artwork could reveal how Australia’s local weather modified

Murujuga in Western Australia holds greater than 2 million engravings which were added over at the very least 50,000 years – and should present a glimpse into how the area’s local weather and vegetation have modified

By Alice Klein

“All our tales are written on these stones,” says Corey Adams, a conventional Aboriginal custodian of the Murujuga land we’re standing on in Western Australia. He’s displaying me across the densest assortment of historic rock artwork on this planet – greater than 2 million engravings, or petroglyphs, that his ancestors have created since turning into the primary folks to set foot in Australia.

The gathering has been added to for greater than 50,000 years, making it probably the most …