Ancient skeleton found in underwater Mexican cave

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Ancient skeleton found in underwater Mexican cave
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Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Cave-diving archaeologist Octavio del Río tells The Associated Press that the team recovered it late last year and experts are studying it now. Del Río says the body sits far from the entrance and about 26 feet down.

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