A diver found 8,000-year-old human remains deep inside an underwater cave

The cenotes of Mexico are famous not only for their beauty, but for the archaeological finds they reveal.
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8,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found Deep in Mexican Cave System

An 8,000-year-old skeleton discovered deep within a flooded cave system on Mexico's Caribbean coast is shedding new light on the prehistoric inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula. The remains, found by ...

Rare 8,000-year-old human remains found in Mexican underwater cave

Researchers said the find adds another piece to the emerging picture of early inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula when the landscape was a dry plain with cliffs rather than today’s jungle.
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Report revisits claims of Antarctica’s oldest human remains discovery

A peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health has been cited for documenting what its author described as the oldest known human remains on Antarctic soil. The ...
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Prehistoric skeleton found in Mexican cave

MEXICO CITY -- A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico's Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, ...
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A prehistoric skeleton found deep in a flooded Mexican cave was likely placed there in a ritual

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, ...