



A remarkably intact, 13,000 year-old skeleton found in the cave in 2007 is one of the oldest examples of human remains in the Americas, and provided a crucial window into how America's earliest inhabitants lived, migrated, and died. The skeleton was recently the subject of a NOVA documentary.



The recently mapped Sac Aktun cave system on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula was recently discovered to be 216 miles long. It contains some of the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, as well as countless other artifacts stretching back over 15,000 years.



"I think it's overwhelming. Without a doubt it's the most important underwater archaeological site in the world," Guillermo de Anda, an archaeologist at Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute who is leading excavations in the cave told The Associated Press.



Hello ATS. What's now being called the world's largest cave system at 216 miles long, known as the Sac Aktun cave system is on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It, apparently, has some exciting discoveries to behold. These discoveries include: an extinct Bear, ice-age Megafauna, and Mayan artifacts. These artifacts date back as far as 15,000 years; artifacts which also include a skull from 13000 years ago.A few years ago you could've told me that everything's been found that could be discovered, but nowadays, it seems that new monumental discoveries such as this one are almost being made weekly. Maybe Ground Penetrating Radar is the reason for all of these discoveries...? I don't know but I know who does know.....so what says ATS?