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JakeAssBeatClap
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-16/13000-year-old-skeleton-found-in-mexican-cave/5456472


So last year the guy who lead this operation came to my school to talk about this finding. I went for extra credit and there was hardly people there but it was one of the most amazing presentations I have ever seen. He couldn't release some information as they had not gone forth and published yet but this story is pretty cool.

Basically a 13,000 year old human skeleton was found in this underwater cave (along with massive amounts of extinct animals) and it's the oldest intact human skeleton found in the western hemisphere. It's a big deal, and pretty amazing.

Also they don't mention in this article but the cave was really deep and had shelves pretty much, they found the skeleton on one of these shells. The skull was found precariously balanced on the edge of one of these shelves that dropped off into a 1.5 foot wide super deep crevasse. It was Incredibly close to being lost forever.

This is cool stuff Nat Geo and the journal Science both have/will have the findings published in more detail.
May 16 2014 6:00AM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27432234
Better article from the BBC
May 16 2014 6:14AM
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gotti
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Thats really amazing. It sounds like the other animals found the same fate as the girl. They all fell into the hole and were trapped there for eons. Thats kind of scary to think about
May 16 2014 8:39AM
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Iraq_Lobster
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the world was and is so big it still kinda fucks wit me a lot
May 16 2014 8:56AM
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theBearJew
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Really cool stuff. It would be so cool to be an explorer or just someone who's doing some recreational diving/hiking or whatever and stumble across some artifacts.
May 16 2014 9:17AM
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GayWolf420
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JakeAssBeatClaphttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-16/13000-year-old-skeleton-found-in-mexican-cave/5456472


So last year the guy who lead this operation came to my school to talk about this finding. I went for extra credit and there was hardly people there but it was one of the most amazing presentations I have ever seen. He couldn't release some information as they had not gone forth and published yet but this story is pretty cool.

Basically a 13,000 year old human skeleton was found in this underwater cave (along with massive amounts of extinct animals) and it's the oldest intact human skeleton found in the western hemisphere. It's a big deal, and pretty amazing.

Also they don't mention in this article but the cave was really deep and had shelves pretty much, they found the skeleton on one of these shells. The skull was found precariously balanced on the edge of one of these shelves that dropped off into a 1.5 foot wide super deep crevasse. It was Incredibly close to being lost forever.

This is cool stuff Nat Geo and the journal Science both have/will have the findings published in more detail.


the one thing thats baffling my mind is that there is more shit in the crevasse that we won't be able to get. maybe older species of animals or humans or something, either way, very cool story. it was the first thing i read this AM, good stuff OP.
May 16 2014 12:46PM
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