Lake Mungo is important for its fossils, and "Mungo Man" and for "Mungo Woman". It is also important for the fossils of megafauna and animals.
because mungo man and woman were discovered
Lake Mungo is significant to Australia because of it's discovery of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady. They are Australia's oldest human remains to be found, being 40,000 to 42,000 years old.
Lake Mungo, located in Australia, was found by Jim Bowler in 1969. There were three sets of remains found there.
Lake Mungo is a dry lake located in the south-eastern part of Australia. This lake is most noted for the discovery of the oldest human remains in Australia.
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The Mungo Man is estimated to have lived around 42,000-65,000 years ago, based on the dating of the remains found at Lake Mungo in Australia.
Lake Mungo - 2008 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M Netherlands:16 Portugal:M/12 UK:15 USA:R (certificate #45644)
lake mungo is in the far west of NSW, about 760 kilometres west of Sydney.
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It has been dry for 40,000 years.
They were removed by a group of scientists including the discoverer with shovels and pickaxes
Unfortunately the original owners of Lake Mungo have ceased to exist. The gracile skeletons which have been exhumed are different from the present much more robust Aborigines, being closer to the Chinese type. The present Aborigines replaced them several thousand years ago.