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Young Man Gets Measured
Photograph by Eugenio Acevez, Instituto Nacional de Antropologìa e Historia/Reuters
Archaeologists measure a bone from a roughly 10,000-year-old human skeleton in the Chan Hol underwater cave system near Tulum, Mexico (file photo). Discovered in 2006, the so-called Young Man of Chan Hol was brought to the surface in late August. FULL STORY: Undersea Cave Yields One of the Oldest Skeletons in Americas >>
Published September 17, 2010
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Young Man of Chan Hol
Photograph by Jeronimo Aviles, Instituto Nacional de Antropologìa e Historia/Reuters
Before being retrieved in late August, the Young Man of Chan Hol lay on the cave floor (file photo). There archaeologists studied the skeleton in place for several years, so as not to lose any clues offered by context. FULL STORY: Undersea Cave Yields One of the Oldest Skeletons in Americas >>
Published September 17, 2010
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Beauty Shot
Photograph by Jeronimo Aviles, Instituto Nacional de Antropologìa e Historia/Reuters
An archaeologist photographs the approximately 10,000-year-old human remains in an undersea cave in Tulum, Mexico's Caribbean coast (file photo). FULL STORY: Undersea Cave Yields One of the Oldest Skeletons in Americas >>
Published September 17, 2010
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Young Man's Parlor
Photograph by Jeronimo Aviles, Instituto Nacional de Antropologìa e Historia/Reuters
Archaeologists dive in the Mexican undersea cave from which the Young Man of Chan Hol skeleton was removed in late August. The cave's opening is about 30 feet (10 meters) underwater, and the bones were found about 1,880 feet (550 meters) into the tunnel. FULL STORY: Undersea Cave Yields One of the Oldest Skeletons in Americas >>
Published September 17, 2010
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