Far below the surface of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, a flooded labyrinth of limestone tunnels has quietly guarded one of the most haunting fossil troves of the Ice Age. In the darkness of a submerged ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible through technological advances in the way DNA is extracted from ancient bones ...

Deep beneath the tropical forests of the Yucatán Peninsula lies a vast subterranean domain few people can explore. Accessible by sinkholes known as “cenotes” and potentially stretching across ...

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