Research sheds light on ancient residents of Lake Mungo island

Australian aboriginal people who lived around the now-arid area at Lake Mungo 24,000 years ago were likely to have been skilled inland seafarers, new research reveals.

While called Lake Mungo, it actually has no water in it today and is a desert country. But it has long been a rich area in southeastern Australia for geologists to work in.

On Thursday, Fairfax Media reported the results of an international study conducted by German and Australian scientists that revealed it was actually a mega-lake, almost 20 percent bigger than previously thought.