Aboriginals occupied Lake Mungo shores before it dried 18,000 years ago. Mungo Lady remains show ritual cremation 40,000 years ago. Mungo Man buried with traded red ochre 42,000 years ago. Mungo Man estimated 196 cm tall from limb bones. Mungo Man showed osteoarthritis and severe tooth wear indicating old age. Site contains camp hearths, food remains, clay-pan workshops. Skeletons of extinct animals like Tasmanian Tiger found. Documents longest continuous human habitation of one area outside Africa. Baked sediments record Mungo excursion of earth's magnetic axis shifting 120 degrees 31,000 years ago. Oldest known sophisticated artistic burial practices evidenced.