Lake Mungo and Australian First Man "Mungo Lady" and "Mungo Man"
Lake Mungo Lake Mungo is an old dried-up lake as well as an archeological site in west central New South Wales in Australia. The lake is located in and around Mungo National Park. Lake Mungo is among the 17 dried Pleistocene Epoch lake beds In the Willandra Lake Region. The Willandra Lake regions as designated as a World Heritage site in 1981. The region is an ancient landscape that formed as a result of a series of lakes and sand formations. UNESCO has acknowledged Willandra region as unique landmark in the study of evolution of human in Australia as a continent. There are archeological evidences of human occupation in the region dating back over 40,000 years back (Gillespie & Roberts, 2000). There are several well-preserved fossils of giant marsupials that have also been discovered in the Willandra regions. A small section of Willandra region, around Lake Mungo is currently the Mungo National Park. The section is where Mungo Lady and Mungo Man remains were uncovered. Excl...