The presence of wattle throughout the stratigraphic layers of this country’s site of Karnatukul, or the Serpent’s Glen, evinces its long history of human habitation. Though now discredited, remains found at Kow Swamp in this country were initially believed to represent a late-surviving population of Homo erectus. Evidence of 46 thousand years of continual habitation in this country was lost in 2020 with the destruction of the (*) Juukan (“joo-kahn”) Gorge sites. The LM1 site in this country represents one of the world’s oldest known cremations and was found in a dried lake. This country was first settled when it comprised the [emphasize] largest proportion of the continent of Sahul, leading to the extinction of species like Diprotodon and Thylacoleo. For 10 points, Mungo Man was found in what country, whose settlement preceded the loss of its marsupial megafauna? ■END■
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia]
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