A prehistoric human skeleton has been unearthed within an intricate underwater cave system off Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area submerged since the close of the last ice age some 8,000 years ago.
This significant discovery marks the eleventh such skeleton found in the region's caves over the past three decades, according to cave-diving archaeologist Octavio del Río. Working in collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mr del Río highlighted the area between Tulum and Playa del Carmen as a crucial site for uncovering some of North America’s oldest human remains, with previous finds dating back approximately 13,000 years.
