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Lake Mungo is a dry lake located in New South Wales, Australia. It is about 760 km (472 miles) due west of Sydney [ 1 ] and 90 km (56 miles) north-east of Mildura . The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park , and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region .
The shore of Lake Mungo. Landsat 7 imagery of Lake Mungo. The white line defining the eastern shore of the lake is the sand dune, or lunette, where most archaeological material has been found LM1 (red) LM3 (blue) The white line shows the eastern shore of the lake, the sand dune, or lunette, where most archaeological material has been found
The central feature of Mungo National Park is Lake Mungo, the second largest of the ancient dry lakes.The Mungo National Park is noted for the archaeological remains discovered in the park [5] the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains discovered in Australia, and Mungo Lady, the oldest known human to have been ritually cremated. [6]
The footage shows Alice burying something at the base of a tree. The Palmers travel to Lake Mungo, find the tree and dig up Alice's phone. Footage on the phone shows Alice walking along the shore and encountering a corpse-like version of herself with a bloated and disfigured face, appearing exactly as her body would later be found in the lake.
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Mungo National Park, western New South Wales, contains the oldest known remains of humans in Australia, dating back 40,000 years, plus artifacts, tools, fireplaces and hearths. [19] Muogamarra Nature Reserve, Hawkesbury River area, contains numerous sites including carvings and grinding grooves.
The oldest human remains found are at Lake Mungo in New South Wales, which have been dated to around 41,000 years ago. The site suggests one of the world's oldest known cremations, indicating early evidence for religious ritual among humans.
Fossils from Lake Mungo, Australia, have been dated to about 42,000 years ago. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Other fossils from a site called Madjedbebe have been dated to at least 65,000 years ago, [ 71 ] [ 72 ] though some researchers doubt this early estimate and date the Madjedbebe fossils at about 50,000 years ago at the oldest.