An ancient skeleton from an underwater Mexican cave sheds light on early Americans
Bones from a woman who died around age 30 appear close to 10,000 years old
![skull of Chan Hol 3 skeleton](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/020520_HT_mexico-skeleton_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Divers found the Chan Hol 3 skeleton (skull pictured) in the same cave system where nine other human skeletons and ancient animal fossils have turned up. “The Tulum caves contain a bonanza of treasures for paleontology, archaeology and anthropology,” says Wolfgang Stinnesbeck of the University of Heidelberg in Germany, coauthor of a new paper describing the newfound skeleton.
Jerónimo Avilés Olguín