Where is Coolbool Creek located?
Q: Where is Coolbool Creek located?
A: Coolbool Creek is located near the Wakool River in New South Wales, Australia, about halfway between Swan Hill and Deniliquin.
Q: What was found at Coolbool Creek in 1950?
A: G. M. Black found 126 skulls at Coolbool Creek in 1950.
Q: How old are the skulls at Coolbool Creek?
A: It has been difficult to give an exact age for the skulls at Coolbool Creek, but one has been dated to 14,300 years ago.
Q: What do some of the skulls at Coolbool Creek show?
A: Some of the skulls at Coolbool Creek show artificial cranial deformation.
Q: How is Coolbool Creek similar to another Pleistocene site?
A: The age, location, and deformities of Coolbool Creek make the site similar to another Pleistocene site at Kow Swamp.
Q: How have scientists interpreted the similarity between Coolbool Creek and Kow Swamp?
A: Some scientists have said that the similarity between Coolbool Creek and Kow Swamp shows they were part of the same population, but others have disagreed.
Q: What happened to the skulls that were found at Coolbool Creek?
A: The skulls that were found at Coolbool Creek were kept at the University of Melbourne until 1984, and were then returned to the local Aboriginal communities and reburied.
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