In Jan. of 2005, the skeletal remains of a man were found by contractors digging for electricity cables near the corners of Octavia St. and Ocean St. in Narrabeen, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was determined that the remains were around 4,000-years-old. The man would be named the Narrabeen Man.
He was a man between 30 to 40-years-old when he died. He was 183 cm (6ft) which was tall for an Aboriginal man at the time. He was likely not from a tribe in the Sydney area as he still had his two front teeth.
He was found in a posture that was not like tribal ceremonial burial. He was found on his side with one arm across his head instead of lying on his front with his arms across the chest or by his sides. He also seemed to have been speared to death with several spears ends seemingly broken off in his vertebrae and near other body parts. It's possible he may have been killed in a ritual murder for a crime.
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