Skeleton Found By Cave Divers Estimated To Be One Of The Oldest In North America.
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A cave-diving team found the remains of the sixth oldest skeleton found in the Americas, which links her ancestry with the earliest Americans to today's modern Native American, unraveling another clue to our human history. The story and details on the discovery of the well-preserved teenage skeleton, who they've named "Naia,"
Her remains were found in an underwater Yucatan Peninsula bell-shaped cave structure in a large pit named Hoyo Negro in Mexico. The center was littered with large boulders stacked on top of each other, and there the skeletal remains sat seemingly waiting to be discovered. Her pelvic bone was shattered and the break was dated back to the time of her death, which has led scientists to believe she plummeted to the bottom of the cave where she remained trapped for thousands of years.
"The preservation of all the bones in this deep water-filled cave is amazing -- the bones are beautifully laid out," said Patricia A. Beddows, the department chair of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Northwestern's Weinberg College.
"The girl's skeleton is exceptionally complete because of the environment in which she died -- she ended up in the right water and in a quiet place without any soil. Her pristine preservation enabled our team to extract enough DNA to determine her shared genetic code with modern Native Americans, " Bellows added.
Another instance of an ancient skeleton belonging to the female gender.
In this case how could the water keep the skeleton so well preserved if the bacteria in the water would otherwise break it down into its base compounds?
Another oldie but a goodie - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...missing-link-chimps-ardipithecus-ramidus.html
3.2 million year old female fossil that finally puts to rest Darwin's theory of humans evolving from apes.
But why do ape skulls and early human skulls look so similar? Why did the ape brain stop evolving?
http://www.isciencetimes.com/articl...on-found-cave-divers-estimated-one-oldest.htm
A cave-diving team found the remains of the sixth oldest skeleton found in the Americas, which links her ancestry with the earliest Americans to today's modern Native American, unraveling another clue to our human history. The story and details on the discovery of the well-preserved teenage skeleton, who they've named "Naia,"
Her remains were found in an underwater Yucatan Peninsula bell-shaped cave structure in a large pit named Hoyo Negro in Mexico. The center was littered with large boulders stacked on top of each other, and there the skeletal remains sat seemingly waiting to be discovered. Her pelvic bone was shattered and the break was dated back to the time of her death, which has led scientists to believe she plummeted to the bottom of the cave where she remained trapped for thousands of years.
"The preservation of all the bones in this deep water-filled cave is amazing -- the bones are beautifully laid out," said Patricia A. Beddows, the department chair of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Northwestern's Weinberg College.
"The girl's skeleton is exceptionally complete because of the environment in which she died -- she ended up in the right water and in a quiet place without any soil. Her pristine preservation enabled our team to extract enough DNA to determine her shared genetic code with modern Native Americans, " Bellows added.
Another instance of an ancient skeleton belonging to the female gender.
In this case how could the water keep the skeleton so well preserved if the bacteria in the water would otherwise break it down into its base compounds?
Another oldie but a goodie - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...missing-link-chimps-ardipithecus-ramidus.html
3.2 million year old female fossil that finally puts to rest Darwin's theory of humans evolving from apes.
But why do ape skulls and early human skulls look so similar? Why did the ape brain stop evolving?
