Mexico: Skeleton 13,000 years old discovered

North America’s Oldest Skeleton Discovery: 13,000-Year-Old Body of ‘Naia’ Discovered in Mexico

ibtimes.co.uk reported one of the oldest human skeletons in North America has been discovered by a team of international scientists in an underwater Yucatán Peninsula cave. Named “Naia”, the teenager fell to her death in a large pit called Hoyo Nego, meaning “black hole” in Spanish. Patricia Beddows, a cave-diving researcher from Northwestern University, said: “The preservation of all the bones in this deep water-filled cave is amazing – the bones are beautifully laid out.” Read Article