Photo: Oldest Skeleton in Americas Found in Underwater Cave?

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A member of Arturo González's underwater archaeological team studies a skull in an underwater cave on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula near Tulum, Mexico. Skeletons found in similar caves may be among the oldest human remains ever found in North or South America.

Photograph courtesy Arturo Gonzáles

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