Ancient Human Remains, Ice Age Animal Bones Found in Giant Mexican Cave

Ancient Human Remains, Ice Age Animal Bones Found in Giant Mexican Cave
The Castle, the main temple at the Pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum, near the Sac Actun cave system in Mexico. Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images
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MEXICO CITY—Archaeologists exploring the word’s biggest flooded cave in Mexico have discovered ancient human remains at least 9,000 years old and the bones of animals who roamed the earth during the last Ice Age.

A group of divers recently connected two underwater caverns in eastern Mexico to reveal what is believed to be the biggest flooded cave on the planet, a discovery that could help shed new light on the ancient Maya civilization.