July 28, 2004
Mungo man
Wolfgang Sievers, The mystery of the Mungo man, New South Wales and Victoria, 1994
The description says:
"Near this long dried out lake site in outback New South Wales, Australia, known as "The walls of China", lived the people of Mungo. It is here that Dr. Jim Bowler discovered the 80,000 year + (sic) remains of a completely modern man - the oldest found so far anywhere in the world. Yet, at "Kow Swamp" (bottom right photograph) - a drowned forest, a mere 300 km away in Victoria and only 9,000 to 15,000 years ago, lived a very different people, still with the robust features of primitve man."
The dates are disputed.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at July 28, 2004 11:51 PM | TrackBackComments
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