Researchers have discovered the remains of a skeleton in an underwater cave on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. The bones, believed to be more than 8,000 years old, were found by two divers on the Yucatan Peninsula in a so-called cenote, which cannot be reached without modern diving equipment.
However, when the find was announced, the scientists sounded the alarm. For the remains, whose exact location is kept secret, are threatened by the construction of a new railway through the middle of the jungle. The 1,500-kilometer Maya Line is designed to connect places on the Yucatán Peninsula.
The researchers fear that the cave could collapse due to the construction work. They reported the find to the National Institute of Anthropology and History for further study of the skeleton, but have not yet received a response.
Some of North America’s oldest human remains have been discovered in cenotes in the past.
Source: Krone
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