Ancient Aboriginal rock art may reveal how Australia’s climate changed

Murujuga in Western Australia holds greater than 2 million engravings which were added over not less than 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 the earth – greater than 2 million engravings, or petroglyphs, that his ancestors have created since turning into the primary individuals to set foot in Australia.

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