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The remains designated Mungo man (LM3) were discovered in 1974, and are dated to around 40,000 years old, the Pleistocene epoch, and are the oldest Homo sapiens (human) remains found on the Australian continent.
The Narrabeen man was suspected to be 30–40 years old when he died. This is recorded to be Sydney's oldest aboriginal skeleton and is Australia's third oldest skeletal remains behind Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. [2] An archaeological dig at the site revealed that Narrabeen Man was found in a posture unlike a tribal ceremonial burial.
Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, [2] Mungo Woman, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated and as the location of the Lake Mungo geomagnetic excursion, the first convincing evidence ...
The oldest human skeletal remains are the 40ky old Lake Mungo remains in New South Wales, but human ornaments discovered at Devil's Lair in Western Australia have been dated to 48 kya and artifacts at Madjedbebe in Northern Territory are dated to at least 50 kya, and to 62.1 ± 2.9 ka in one 2017 study. [26] [27] [28] [29]
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[3] [4] The Madjedbebe rock shelter in Arnhem Land is perhaps the oldest site showing the presence of humans in Australia. [5] [6] The oldest human remains found are at Lake Mungo in New South Wales, which have been dated to around 41,000 years ago. [7] [8]
Arguably the oldest human remains in Australia, the Lake Mungo 3 skull was given the age of 60,000 years by Gregory Adcock and his researchers. [20] However, this claim has been criticised, largely due to the process used to analyse the skull and the claims regarding the dating and the mtDNA found. [ 21 ]
Police have discovered a crocodile carrying human remains while searching for a 60-year-old man missing in Australia. The crocodile carrying the remains was located along Watson River in Far North ...