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Ancient skeleton found in Mexico cave threatened by train

Ancient skeleton found in Mexico cave threatened by train

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A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Archaeologist Octavio del Rio said he and fellow diver Peter Broger saw the shattered skull and skeleton partly covered by sediment […]

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Ancient jawbone could give glimpse of Europe’s earliest humans

Ancient jawbone could give glimpse of Europe’s earliest humans

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Archaeologists in Spain said on Friday they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could help them look into the face of some of the earliest human ancestors in Europe. The surprise find, which could be about 1.4 million years old, could also give vital clues to the evolution of the human face over the […]

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