in 2003, several australian groups came to an agreement that lm3 is about 40,000 years old. a team led by bowler did 25 more osl tests that suggested that lm3 can not be older than 50,000 years. this age roughly agrees with stratigraphic evidence using four different dating methods. the age of 40,000 years is now the most widely accepted age for the lm3. this makes it the second oldest human fossil east of india, and the oldest in australia. in addition to this, the study published in 2003 found that lm1 and lm3 are similar in age, and that humans were present at lake mungo as early as 50,000 to 46,000 years ago.