Alexandre Tokovinine

Archaeologist and Maya epigrapher, University of Alabama

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Ancient DNA ties Maya cave teeth to faraway elite tombs

Commented on the findings; not part of the research team

A Maya woman buried in a Belize cave between 250 and 400 CE had 226 human teeth scattered around her pelvis and spine. Ancient DNA analysis reported October 23 traced those teeth to at least 30 people, 24 of them also buried in elite tombs at a settlement more than 26 kilometers away.

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