CAVE DIVING

Cave opening, photo by reibrown, via  Photobucket

Cave opening, photo by reibrown, via Photobucket

Hey, I know nothing about this topic, but . . . Yucatan is in the swim, according to this article from Smithsonian Magazine.  Apparently a very important 12,000-year old skeletal find turned up in a cave near a cenote (sinkhole), which is helping rewrite the history of ancient peoples in the hemisphere. Here’s a photo from that article, which is pressing the question, who were the first Native Americans?

The skull of Naia on the floor of Hoyo Negro, as it appeared in December 2011, having rolled into a near-upright position. (Photo by Roberto Chavez Arce)

The skull of Naia on the floor of Hoyo Negro, as it appeared in December 2011, having rolled into a near-upright position. (Photo by Roberto Chavez Arce)