A prehistoric skeleton found deep in a flooded Mexican cave was likely placed there in a ritual

Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

8,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found in Underwater Caves Reveals Ancient Burial Ritual

Marine archaeologists have unearthed an 8,000-year-old skeleton within an underwater cave system situated on Mexico’s ...
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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 ...

Prehistoric skeleton found in Mexican cave

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, according to a ...