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Australian cave home to 25,000 years of healing—and curses

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Analysis of microscopic plant remnants (phytoliths) preserved in ash layers at Cloggs Cave in Victoria, Australia reveals that GunaiKurnai Aboriginal peoples have used the limestone cavern for spiritual healing, magic, and ritual practices for at least 25,000 years, with evidence of burnt grasses selected and brought into the cave by hand across millennia.

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