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New age for Mungo Man, new human history

A new study has finally got scientists to agree on the age of Mungo Man, Australia’s oldest human remains, and the consensus is he is 22,000 years younger. Mungo Man’s new age is 40,000 years. The research also boosted the age of Mungo Lady, the world’s first recorded cremation, by 10,000 years putting her at the same age as Mungo Man. It is the first time scientists have reached a broad agreement on the ages of the Lake Mungo remains.