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Mungo Lady

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  • Lake Mungo, New South Wales
    Lake Mungo

    …the skeleton, referred to as Mungo Lady, had been burnt before burial, making them the world’s oldest evidence of cremation and ceremonial burial. In 1974 Bowler discovered the complete skeleton of a man, known as Mungo Man. Carbon-14 dating indicated that these remains were approximately 40,000 years old, meaning that…

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    …the skeleton, referred to as Mungo Lady, had been burnt before burial, making them the world’s oldest evidence of cremation and ceremonial burial. In 1974 Bowler discovered the complete skeleton of a man, known as Mungo Man. Carbon-14 dating indicated that these remains were approximately 40,000 years old, meaning that…

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