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Rare 8,000-year-old human remains found in Mexican underwater cave

Researchers said the find adds another piece to the emerging picture of early inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula when the landscape was a dry plain with cliffs rather than today’s jungle.

Human skeleton from a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Rural landscape, Cumbria, Lake District, UK, February 25, 2026.

Meet Britain's oldest Northerner: The ‘Ossick Lass' buried over 11,000 years ago - study

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15,000 years ago, hunters gatherers on the Carmel lived off coastal lakes teeming with birds

Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border.

Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border


Neanderthal diversity: Iberian Neanderthals handled the dead with cave deposits, not graves

Archaeological study reveals systematic accumulations of Neanderthal remains in Iberian caves, indicating intentional mortuary practices distinct from burial traditions documented in other regions.

Maltravieso Cave replica with Neanderthals four fingers hand-prints.

Did farming begin outside the Fertile Crescent? 9,200-year-old grains found in Uzbek cave

Stone tools and ancient grains in a cave in Uzbekistan tell a new story.

The 2019 excavations in Toda Cave.

Mystery at Petralona Cave: 286,000-year-old skull near Thessaloniki upends the human family tree

Buried for hundreds of thousands of years, the Petralona cranium finally reveals its ancient secret.

The Petralona skull.

Secrets of the Arene Candide Cave: How Ancient Europeans Practiced Body Art

“Strategies of body transformation and the construction of social identity were already part of the human experience in Europe more than twelve thousand years ago” a researcher said.

Virtual reconstruction of the artificially elongated skull AC12.

Archaeologists discover one of the world's oldest burial sites in Israel's Tinshemet Cave

Objects found alongside the remains may have been used during ceremonies to honor the dead and could shed light on how ancient ancestors thought about spirituality and the afterlife.

Exposed section of archaeological sediments dated to to 110 thousand years ago at Tinshemet cave.

Israeli man seeks custody of daughters found in hidden Indian cave

Police recently located Kutina and the two young daughters living in a cave hidden in a jungle, and forcibly removed them, citing safety concerns.

Indian security forces walk inside a jungle area during a gun battle with separatist militants in Noor Takiya, 25 km (16 miles) south of Srinagar, October 6, 2009.

Ancient rice discovery in Guam reveals earliest evidence of rice in Pacific islands

researchers find 3,500-year-old rice remains in ritidian beach cave, indicating first settlers brought rice from the philippines.

 Ancient rice discovery in Guam reveals earliest evidence of rice in Pacific islands.

50 cm. vertical shaft leads archaeologist to hidden cave, secret burial site in Mexico

The discovery was made following reports of bone theft and looting in the area.

 50 centimeters vertical shaft leads archaeologist to hidden cave, secret burial site.

Researchers discovers world's first eyeless wasp deep in Australian caves

The wasp discovered is the only known species worldwide to exhibit such dramatic adaptations for life in complete darknes.

 Researchers discovers world's first eyeless wasp deep in Australian caves.

Oldest in the world? 42,000-year-old mammoth ivory boomerang found in Polish cave

Discovery reinforces advanced cognitive abilities of early homo sapiens in Europe.

 Prof. Sahra Talamo in the center, with Prof. Paweł Valde-Nowak is on her left, and Prof. Adam Nadachowski on her right.