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First Americans may have arrived to the continent 30,000 years ago
By Laura Geggel published
A cave in Mexico has human-made stone tools dating to about 30,000 years ago.
Ice age mining camp found 'frozen in time' in underwater Mexican cave
By Laura Geggel published
Cave divers found a mysterious passageway that led to an ice age ochre mine.
Powerful 7.4 earthquake rocks southern Mexico, killing 1
By Brandon Specktor published
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the southern coast of Oaxaca, Mexico this morning, killing at least one person.
Oldest and largest Maya structure on record discovered in southern Mexico
By Laura Geggel published
A previously unknown Maya site in Tabasco, Mexico is the civilization's largest and oldest monumental structure on record.
Fiery meteor that doomed the dinosaurs struck at 'deadliest possible' angle
By Mindy Weisberger published
The asteroid that sealed the dinosaurs' fate at the end of the Cretaceous struck at an angle that was the worst-case scenario for life on Earth.
A giant mammoth graveyard was just discovered outside Mexico City
By Laura Geggel published
Excavators have already found the remains of about 60 mammoths and 15 pre-Hispanic indigenous people.
Ancient Maya kingdom with pyramid discovered in southern Mexico
By Grant Currin published
The kingdom has the remains of a temple and unique stone carvings.
9,900-year-old skeleton of horribly disfigured woman found in Mexican cave
By Laura Geggel published
This woman, whose remains were found in an underwater cave in Mexico, lived about 9,900 years ago, just as the last ice age was ending.
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