Lake Mungo

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The Lake Mungo is a dry lake in south-western New South Wales, in the southeast of Australia. It is located about 740 kilometers west of Sydney and 90 km north-east of Mildura. The lake is the main attraction of Mungo National Park and one of 17 lakes of the Willandra Lakes Region, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Many famous archaeological discoveries, including the estimated an age of 40,000 years fossil remains of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady were made here. New and made ​​with more accurate methods of investigation found last Mungo 3 dated him on 57000-69000 years.

Living conditions at Lake Mungo 40,000 years ago

At the time of Mungo Man of the Lake Mungo was filled with water, however, was Australia climate in a transitional phase. At Lake Mungo there were numerous sandstorms from the West and the drought intensified. The water levels in the lake fell and oscillated at a lower level. At the time of Mungo Man, the colonization of the area around Lake Mungo seems to be the densest and most continuous been, since about 750 artifacts such as stone tools, charcoal and burnt bones were found from this period. On the basis of discovered otoliths - structures that serve the sense of hearing in fish - from bass, it is believed that the Aborigines could catch with traps and nets fish. In addition, crustaceans, small mammals, eggs and vegetarian food seem to have been consumed.