8,000-Year-Old Skeleton Found in Underwater Caves Reveals Ancient Burial Ritual

Marine archaeologists have unearthed an 8,000-year-old skeleton within an underwater cave system situated on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, per the Associated Press.

Skeleton's Placement 'Suggests Funereal Deposit'

The macabre discovery was made by a team of cave-diving archaeologists who believe the skeleton’s placement is the result of a ritual burial and likely belongs to an individual who lived in pre-Mayan Mexico. This is only the eleventh such discovery made over the last 30 years...