A native Australian millet may carry the genetic fingerprints of thousands of years of Aboriginal harvesting, storage, and plant management. In a new paper published in Nature Communications, we reveal important new information about the genetic complexity of one particular food source from the region: channel millet (Echinochloa turneriana). Genomics Reveals Aboriginal Plant ManagementHow people managed and interacted with plants is an area that’s slowly starting to gain momentum in Australian archaeology. Populations of channel millet are decimated during extended dry periods. Shawnee Gorringe works for Mithaka Aboriginal Corporation & The University of Queensland.