A 13,000-year-old skeleton of a malnourished teenager was found at the bottom of a 100-foot pit in a Mexican cave. The team of divers discovered the nearly complete skeleton in 2007, and forensic analysis revealed that it is one of the earliest known human remains in the Americas.
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The unearthing of a 13,000-year-old ancient teenager's remains in a submerged cave in Mexico reveals groundbreaking insights into the earliest human settlers of the Americas.