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Rare 8,000-year-old human remains found in Mexican underwater cave

Researchers said the find adds another piece to the emerging picture of early inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula when the landscape was a dry plain with cliffs rather than today’s jungle.

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Human skeleton from a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
Rural landscape, Cumbria, Lake District, UK, February 25, 2026.

Meet Britain's oldest Northerner: The ‘Ossick Lass' buried over 11,000 years ago - study

In addition to the Ossick Lass, the remains of at least seven other individuals had also recovered from the cave.

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15,000 years ago, hunters gatherers on the Carmel lived off coastal lakes teeming with birds

The study by Dr. Amos, Prof. Weinstein-Evron, and Yeshurun analyzed bird bones from Nahal Me’arot and el-Wad caves to reveal Natufian hunting and environment.

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Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border.

Spider megacolony of 111,000 found weaving record web in Sulfur Cave on Greece-Albania border

Published in the journal Subterranean Biology, the find marks the first documented colonial behavior in Tegenaria domestica and Prinerigone vagans.

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Israel offers help as heavy rain complicates Thai cave rescue effort

The best window for a rescue could come in the next three or four days, the leader of the rescue effort said on Saturday.

JULY 8, 2018ByREUTERS
Thai divers gather before they enter to the Tham Luang cave, where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 6, 2018.

Israeli technology to the rescue for cave-trapped Thai boys

Rescuers are racing against the weather, as monsoon season threatens to raise water levels.

JULY 6, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER
Boys trapped inside Tham Luang cave greet members of the Thai rescue team, in this still image taken from a July 3, 2018 video by Thai Navy Seal