Fifty years ago, at Lake Mungo, the true scale of Aboriginal Australians' epic story was revealed
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-fifty-years-lake-mungo-true.html
The 40,000-year-old "Mungo Lady" and the equally ancient remains of Mungo Man, found nearby in 1974, doubled scientific estimates of how long Aboriginal people had called Australia home.
The discovery taught us Aboriginal history stretched back to a time when the only humans in Europe were Neanderthals, and people had not yet reached America. The scientific, cultural and political reverberations still resonate today.
Fifty years ago, at Lake Mungo, the true scale of Aboriginal Australians' epic story was revealed
Jul 6, 2018, 1:37pm UTC
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-fifty-years-lake-mungo-true.html
> The 40,000-year-old "Mungo Lady" and the equally ancient remains of Mungo Man, found nearby in 1974, doubled scientific estimates of how long Aboriginal people had called Australia home.
> The discovery taught us Aboriginal history stretched back to a time when the only humans in Europe were Neanderthals, and people had not yet reached America. The scientific, cultural and political reverberations still resonate today.