First Face of America
Season 45 Episode 4 | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Discover remains of a 13,000 year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico.
One unlucky day 13,000 years ago, a slight, malnourished teenager missed her footing and tumbled to the bottom of a 100-foot pit deep inside a cave in Mexico’s Yucatán. Rising seas flooded the cave and cut it off from the outside world—until a team of divers chanced upon her nearly complete skeleton in 2007.
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First Face of America
Season 45 Episode 4 | 53m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
One unlucky day 13,000 years ago, a slight, malnourished teenager missed her footing and tumbled to the bottom of a 100-foot pit deep inside a cave in Mexico’s Yucatán. Rising seas flooded the cave and cut it off from the outside world—until a team of divers chanced upon her nearly complete skeleton in 2007.
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Discover remains of a 13,000 year-old teenager in an underwater cave in Mexico. (30s)
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