Mungo Man's Ceremonial Burial | First Peoples: Australia

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First Peoples Australia Mungo Man human culture fossil spirituality
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History-Social Science
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Mungo Man's Ceremonial Burial | First Peoples: Australia

A man, now known to scientists as "Mungo Man," was buried by a lakeside in south-eastern Australia 42,000 years ago. Evidence uncovered with him suggests that he was buried in a ceremonial manner, providing the earliest evidence of spirituality anywhere in the world.

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