Imagine roasting a marsupial 25,000 years ago and some future scientist calls it a 'pyrotechnic ritual of profound cosmic significance.'
Grass skeletons hint at 25,000-year-old fire ritual
Charred grass fragments found in a Victoria cave, on GunaiKurnai land, push back evidence of intentional fire use by Aboriginal Australians to 25,000 years ago during the Ice Age, interpreted as ritual from the way the grass was burned.
Source: Grass skeletons hint at 25,000-year-old fire ritual — ABC News AU
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