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The Young Man of Chan Hol, named after the cenote it was found in, was recovered in a 542 meters long and 8.3 deep cave where stalagmites abound, and is reached after going through flooded, dark and difficult labyrinths. Photo: DMC INAH. M. MARAT.
Mexican Archaeologists Extract 10,000 Year-Old Skeleton from Flooded Cave in Quintana Roo

1 posted on 08/31/2010 6:05:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Spectacular find. Pre-Clovis.


8 posted on 08/31/2010 6:16:41 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: SunkenCiv
Last-Mexican-to-die-in-Mexico-from-natural-causes ping.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

9 posted on 08/31/2010 6:17:55 PM PDT by The Comedian
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To: SunkenCiv

“Arturo Gonzalez detailed that in the Ice Age the Peninsula of Yucatan must have been a desert pastureland that turned into rainforest due to climate change.”

And AlGore thinks he invented climate change.


11 posted on 08/31/2010 6:21:52 PM PDT by donhunt (No animals were harmed in the making of this message.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Let’s pull a tooth, extract DNA, and see if he’s another long-lost brother of Bill Clinton.


13 posted on 08/31/2010 6:24:47 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: SunkenCiv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanderthal_Lady

A local celebrity.

30 posted on 09/01/2010 4:41:11 AM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: SeaDragon

Quintana Roo ping


33 posted on 09/01/2010 7:53:03 AM PDT by RikaStrom (Pray for Obama - Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his place of leadership.")
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To: SunkenCiv

He ended up in the bottom of a cenote? Boy, Spring Break in Cancun went bad for this guy . . . .


34 posted on 09/01/2010 1:39:02 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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