Estimates of ages for two human skeletons excavated at Lake Mungo in southeastern Australia have ranged from 60,000 to 20,000 years old. Results of new dating analyses, confirmed at four laboratories, split that difference. The Lake Mungo individuals were buried roughly 40,000 years ago, according to James M. Bowler of the University of Melbourne and his colleagues.
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