Mungo Man
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Mungo Man is the name given to the ancient human remains discovered at Lake Mungo in Australia, which are among the oldest known in the country and crucial to understanding Aboriginal history and early human occupation of the continent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mungo Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6717876 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mungo Man Context triple: [Willandra Lakes Region, contains, Mungo Man]
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A.
Mungo Lady
Mungo Lady is the name given to the ancient cremated human remains discovered at Lake Mungo in Australia, which are among the oldest known evidence of ritual burial in the world.
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B.
Mungo
Mungo is a dialect of the Duala language spoken by communities in Cameroon’s coastal region.
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C.
Naledi
Naledi is a residential township neighborhood within Soweto, a large urban area southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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D.
KNM Ula
KNM Ula is a Royal Norwegian Navy diesel-electric attack submarine that serves as the lead boat of Norway’s modern Ula-class fleet.
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Turkana Boy fossil
The Turkana Boy fossil is an exceptionally well-preserved nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster) youth from about 1.6 million years ago that has provided crucial insights into early human growth and anatomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mungo Man Target entity description: Mungo Man is the name given to the ancient human remains discovered at Lake Mungo in Australia, which are among the oldest known in the country and crucial to understanding Aboriginal history and early human occupation of the continent.
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A.
Mungo Lady
Mungo Lady is the name given to the ancient cremated human remains discovered at Lake Mungo in Australia, which are among the oldest known evidence of ritual burial in the world.
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B.
Mungo
Mungo is a dialect of the Duala language spoken by communities in Cameroon’s coastal region.
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C.
Naledi
Naledi is a residential township neighborhood within Soweto, a large urban area southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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D.
KNM Ula
KNM Ula is a Royal Norwegian Navy diesel-electric attack submarine that serves as the lead boat of Norway’s modern Ula-class fleet.
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E.
Turkana Boy fossil
The Turkana Boy fossil is an exceptionally well-preserved nearly complete skeleton of a Homo erectus (or Homo ergaster) youth from about 1.6 million years ago that has provided crucial insights into early human growth and anatomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aboriginal Australian ancestor
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ancient human remains ⓘ archaeological find ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | LM3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aboriginal Australians
NERFINISHED
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Lake Mungo archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleistocene epoch ⓘ |
| burialPractice |
body sprinkled with red ochre
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carefully arranged burial ⓘ |
| burialType | ritual burial ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Late Pleistocene Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificanceFor |
Aboriginal communities of the Willandra Lakes region
NERFINISHED
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Mutthi Mutthi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngiyampaa people NERFINISHED ⓘ Paakantji people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Lake Mungo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Jim Bowler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | Willandra Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| estimatedAge | about 40,000–42,000 years old ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
early complex mortuary practices in Australia
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long-term Aboriginal connection to Lake Mungo region ⓘ symbolic behavior in early Aboriginal societies ⓘ |
| heritageStatusContext | Willandra Lakes Region UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mungo National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mungo Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previouslyHeldBy |
Australian National University
NERFINISHED
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Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southeastern Australia ⓘ |
| relatedFind | Mungo Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repatriationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Willandra Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sex | male ⓘ |
| significance |
among the oldest known human remains in Australia
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crucial to understanding Aboriginal history ⓘ evidence for early modern humans in Sahul ⓘ important for understanding early human occupation of Australia ⓘ |
| state | New South Wales ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archaeological research
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heritage and repatriation debates ⓘ paleoanthropological research ⓘ |
| usedIn |
debates on timing of human arrival in Australia
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research on early modern human morphology ⓘ studies of human migration into Australia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mungo Man Description of subject: Mungo Man is the name given to the ancient human remains discovered at Lake Mungo in Australia, which are among the oldest known in the country and crucial to understanding Aboriginal history and early human occupation of the continent.
Referenced by (1)
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