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The late Pleistocene human remains from Kow Swamp display archaic cranial features which suggest the survival of Homo erectus in Australia until as recently as 10,000 years ago.
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THORNE, A., MACUMBER, P. Discoveries of Late Pleistocene Man at Kow Swamp, Australia. Nature 238, 316–319 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238316a0
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