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To: decimon
Mungo Man

Lake Mungo is a dry lake in south-western New South Wales, Australia. Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, and Mungo Lady, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated.

Painting of life at Lake Mungo by Giovanni Caselli. Note the fish traps, the wide variety of food hunted and collected, and the gunyahs or dwellings.

12 posted on 09/22/2011 8:06:52 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Thanks.

...Mungo Man...

sounds like a bunch of guys I've worked with.

13 posted on 09/22/2011 8:30:36 PM PDT by decimon
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Which of the figures in the picture is Mungo Jerry?

Did the Aborigines bring the dingo with them when they first got to Australia, or did the dingoes come later?

14 posted on 09/22/2011 8:36:03 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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