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Mungo

anthropological and archaeological site, New South Wales, Australia
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Henry McHenry
Professor of anthropology, University of California, Davis.
Henry McHenry
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Mungo, paleoanthropological site in New South Wales, southeastern Australia, known for ancient human remains discovered there in 1968 and 1974. The Mungo remains consist of two relatively complete fossil skeletons of Homo sapiens; hearths and artifacts were also found at the site. At Mungo is the earliest evidence of human presence in Australia, a destination that could have been reached only by an oceanic journey lasting several days. One of the skeletons shows the earliest...

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