The Birth and Burial of Evolutionary Science in Australia

Activists of often mostly European ancestry have appropriated prehistoric cultures and are systematically destroying fossils vital to understanding the evolutionary heritage of all humankind.

Jack Mungo / The skeleton of Truganini, “The Last Tasmanian Aboriginal,” standing in the Tasmanian Museum, surrounded by the tools of her people. Photograph used in image from “The Tasmanian Mail,” June 24, 1905, page 19.

This article by Jack Mungo will be published at Palladium Magazine on October 17, 2025 and will also feature in our Fall 2025 print ed…