Background Stats: compare key data on Australia & Svalbard

First human settlement > Date: Date or period of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For further descriptions, please refer to notes.
First human settlement > Notes: Description of the first known or suspected human settlement within each geographic location listed. For the date or period of the described settlement, please refer to the according date stat.
First human settlement > Place: Location of the first known or suspected human settlement in each country.

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STAT	Australia	Svalbard
First human settlement > Date	48,000 BP	1619 AD
First human settlement > Notes	The oldest human skeletal remains are the 40,000-year-old Lake Mungo remains in New South Wales, but human ornaments discovered at Devil's Lair in Western Australia have been dated to 48,000 BP. Ochre fragments at Malakunanja II in Northern Territory are dated to ca. 45,000 BP.	Settled by Dutch and Danish whalers.
First human settlement > Place	Devil's Lair	Smeerenburg

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