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Archaeologists Find 3 Prehistoric Bodies In SE Mexico (Tulum - 10-14.5k YO)
Xinhuanet ^ | 4-11-2007 | China View

Posted on 04/11/2007 3:40:41 PM PDT by blam

Archaeologists find 3 prehistoric bodies in SE Mexico

www.chinaview.cn 2007-04-11 11:39:34

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Mexican archaeologists found remains of two women and a man that can be traced to more than 10,000 years ago in the Mayan area of Tulum, Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute said in a statement on Tuesday.

The remains were being examined by laboratories in Britain, the United States and Mexico, all of which had said the remains were people between 10,000 and 14,500 years ago, said Carmen Rojas, an archaeologist quoted in the statement.

"This makes southeastern Mexico one of the few areas with a proven prehistoric presence in America," said Rojas.

The remains were found in the Las Palmas, El Templo and Naharoncaves, in an area previously thought to be uninhabited. They are not Mayas because they do not have the classic Mayan skull deformation.

The woman found in Naharon cave, 368 meters from its entrance and 22.6 meters underground, was 1.41 meters' tall, weighed around 53 kg and was between 20 and 30 years old when she died. The woman found in Las Palmas cave was between 44 and 50 when she died.

The body found in El Templo cave was a man aged between 25 and 30. His body was the least well preserved because it had been eroded and most of its organic material was gone.

Archaeologists have worked since 2002 to exhume the bodies from underwater caverns, said the statement.

In the past the region was dry but the caves were flooded due in the last thaw of the Pleistocene ice age, it said.

Archaeological finds showed the region was probably used as a refuge and a graveyard, said the Institute. The archaeologists also found campfire remains.


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KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; archaeologist; godsgravesglyphs; meadowcroft; mexico; preclovis; prehistoric; tulum
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I've been to Tulum three times, nice area overlooking the Gulf.
1 posted on 04/11/2007 3:40:43 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam; FairOpinion; grjr21; CitadelArmyJag; redwhit; americanbychoice3; Fiddlstix; GWB00; ...
Latin America pinglist.
2 posted on 04/11/2007 3:42:33 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: blam

Yes, the ruins overlooking the ocean are spectacular.

I wonder if they found the remains of the chicken dinner I had there....?


3 posted on 04/11/2007 3:42:45 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: SunkenCiv; Coyoteman
GGG Ping.

Tulum

4 posted on 04/11/2007 3:43:00 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Tulum

5 posted on 04/11/2007 3:43:56 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
I liked Coba better than Tulum.
6 posted on 04/11/2007 3:46:05 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
In the past the region was dry but the caves were flooded due in the last thaw of the Pleistocene ice age

Damn Global warming...

7 posted on 04/11/2007 3:46:21 PM PDT by Riodacat (Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge, truth and reality sucks....)
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To: blam
In the past the region was dry but the caves were flooded due in the last thaw of the Pleistocene ice age, it said.

If only Thag Bush had inscribed his name in the Kyoto Stones...

8 posted on 04/11/2007 3:47:27 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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Drug runners probably got them. Those guys are always killing folks.


9 posted on 04/11/2007 3:48:22 PM PDT by KarinG1 (Opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily represent those of sane people.)
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To: blam

So did we, Coba was awesome. Of course is was 1986, don’t know what it is like now.


10 posted on 04/11/2007 3:49:17 PM PDT by MomwithHope
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Thread hijack coming in 5, 4, 3...


11 posted on 04/11/2007 3:50:20 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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To: blam
Odds are these bodies are going to be remarkably similar to Australians (of the time) or Sa'ami (in Refugia).

We have enough additional evidence available now to ward off the "gotta' be Bering" people.

12 posted on 04/11/2007 3:52:09 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: blam

I was just there in January.

13 posted on 04/11/2007 3:54:19 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Posted by Time's Man of the Year)
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To: blam
"They are not Mayas because they do not have the classic Mayan skull deformation." They were Neanderthals!
14 posted on 04/11/2007 3:55:47 PM PDT by Sam Ketcham (Amnesty means vote dilution, & increased taxes to bring us down to the world poverty level.)
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To: MomwithHope
"So did we, Coba was awesome. Of course is was 1986, don’t know what it is like now."

The first time I went to Coba was in about 1983. I stayed at the Club Med there for $6.00 (US) a day, lol. I had a room in Kozumel but stayed two days at Club Med in Coba which was practically deserted.

15 posted on 04/11/2007 3:55:56 PM PDT by blam
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To: razorback-bert
Doing bunch of genealogical work on branches of the family who arrived here in the early days (of European settlement) I noticed they almost invariably picked places that are now incredibly high priced, or are national parks, to settle.

Makes doing genealogy fun sometimes.

16 posted on 04/11/2007 3:57:05 PM PDT by muawiyah
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"Odds are these bodies are going to be remarkably similar to Australians (of the time) or Sa'ami (in Refugia)."

Luzia (Second oldest human skeleton ever found in the Americas, Brazil)

17 posted on 04/11/2007 3:58:59 PM PDT by blam
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They are not Mayas

Ethiopians?

18 posted on 04/11/2007 3:59:56 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: blam
"The woman was 1.41 meters' tall, weighed around 53 kg and was between 20 and 30 years old when she died."

...yeah, I'd hit that!


19 posted on 04/11/2007 4:02:55 PM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: razorback-bert

Hmmm. Your pic was taken from down toward the ‘hippie beach’ where they go nude. Were you a bad boy?


20 posted on 04/11/2007 4:03:28 PM PDT by wildbill
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