Purungu Desmond Taylor Purungu Desmond Taylor i(28221252 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wardaman ; Aboriginal Manjiljarra
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1 First Peoples’ Knowledge of ‘Mysterious Fairy Circles’ in Australian Deserts Has Upended a Long-standing Science Debate Fiona Walsh , Carolyn Oldham , Purungu Desmond Taylor , Theo Evans , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 10 2024;

'What are “fairy circles”? They are polka dots of bare earth, regularly scattered across arid grasslands. Scientists first described fairy circles in Namibia in the 1970s and sparked a global debate in the scientific community about the causes of the phenomenon.'  (Introduction)
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