This week, one of the most important fossils ever found in Australia (and perhaps the world) was taken to an undisclosed location, put in a hole and covered with dirt
WLH-50, the Garnpung Giant
It's not just archaeological history it's human history. And as far as I know, no Indigenous people are currently being held hostage in museums. If they are, I hope somebody lets them out
Sadly, our petition was unsuccessful
The thousands of fossils from Willandra Lakes are being buried. The last ones will be underground by the end of next week
Soon there'll be no Pleistocene human fossils left in Australia
Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans. Skull found in China may be [on the lineage of] Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution theguardian.com/science/2025/s…
Among tribes in northern Australia, ornamental scars "had no significance except to remind one for ever of the torturer who inflicted them"
In his autobiography "I, the Aboriginal", Waipuldanya describes how he was approached at 15 by a relative wanting to cut him:
Worse, WLH-50 was just one of 108 Pleistocene Australians being buried this week. Many likely contained DNA. There is so much we could have known about these mysterious people
Sadly, our petition was unsuccessful
The thousands of fossils from Willandra Lakes are being buried. The last ones will be underground by the end of next week
Soon there'll be no Pleistocene human fossils left in Australia
I've spent hundreds of hours reading about this incredible cranium and scouring the corners of the internet for data and images. But I never got to see it in person, and now I never will
