Archaeologists discovered 8,000-year-old human remains in an underwater cenote cave in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

A team of cave-diving archaeologists has uncovered a well-preserved 8,000-year-old skeleton deep within a submerged cave in Mexico.

An 8,000-year-old skeleton discovered deep within a flooded cave system on Mexico's Caribbean coast is shedding new light on the prehistoric inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula. The remains, found by ...

Some of the oldest human remains in North America have been discovered in the sinkhole caves known as ‘cenotes’ ...

A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico's Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a ...

In this handout photo provided by the National Institute of Anthropology and History, underwater archaeologist Octavio del ...

A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area that ...

Divers exploring submerged caves off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula uncovered clear signs of human mining activity dating back 12,500 years. Stone tools, extraction pits, navigational markers, and ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

On a cerulean blue Tuesday in early January, artist Nick Cave directs an uncanny scene unfolding along the Chicago lakefront. Three enormous mammoths lumber south toward the city’s silhouetted skyline ...