Death

Death
The Mungo Lady was an early human inhabitant of the continent of Australia. Her remains are one of the oldest modern human remains found in Australia. The pattern of burn marks on the bones of Mungo I implies an unusual ritual that after she died, the corpse was burned, smashed, then burned a second time. Preservation of the remain is poor.

The remains of Mungo Man are very clear to the scientists that Mungo man is a spear thrower and lived to an old age due to his worn out teeth and bones.

The deaths of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man are unclear and can only be speculated that they died of old age.

[|Mungo Lady's cremation]

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