Australian Human Fossil Footprints in Mungo National Park.
These pleistocene fossil human footprints found in South Western NSW have been optically dated to between 19-23,000 years old.
They provide rare, insights into anatomy and behaviour of people living at the end of the last glacial period. At this stage over 450 prints have been discovered and laser work has revealed that there are more footprints to be discovered under the dunes next to the site.
In August 2003, Professor Steve Webb of Bond University) was running a course on archaeology for local guides, when he took a group out near one of the dry lakebeds where a young Mutthi Mutthi woman, spotted the footprints.
In December 2005 the Willandra elders of the Barkindji, Mutthi Mutthi and Ngiyampaa tribal groups lifted the ban and Moratorium on the footprints.
The scientists say the footprints survived because of the unusual landscape. They were laid down in clay that hardened like concrete and was then covered in a layer of more clay and protective sand.
Mungo National Park in western NSW is home to the oldest known cremation in the world - Mungo Lady's remains - and the oldest known ritual burial in the world - Mungo Man's ochre-covered skeleton. Now its sands have given up another world-class treasure: more than 450 fossilised human footprints, the biggest collection ever found.
At this stage the footprints are too delicate to allow public access
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