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The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggests
By Kristina Killgrove published
DNA from cattle suggests some of the first cowboys in the Americas were enslaved Africans, who herded cows that were brought with them on slave ships.

Palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists discovered the palace-like building ahead of railway construction in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

'This is complete nonsense': Scientists rail against 'alien' bodies shown before Mexican congress
By Owen Jarus published
Scientists blast claims of two 'alien' bodies that a journalist presented to Mexico's congress.

Stone human 'effigies' unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City were likely looted in battle and offered to the gods
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Archaeologists in Mexico City discovered a bevy of stone objects carved to look like humans at a former Aztec site.

Deformed skulls and ritual beheadings found at Maya pyramid in Mexico
By Owen Jarus published
Archaeologists announced that some individuals buried at a Maya pyramid more than 1,000 years ago had deformed skulls and had been killed in ritual beheadings.

'Lost' 1,500-year-old Teotihuacan village discovered in the heart of Mexico City
By Sascha Pare published
Excavations revealed three human burials, as well as ceramics and architectural structures from a settlement that existed around A.D. 450 to 650.

Zapotec 'entrance to underworld' discovered under Catholic church in Mexico
By Kristina Killgrove published
A hidden "underworld" linked to the Zapotec "cult of the dead" has been discovered beneath a church in Mexico.

Maya canoe surrounded by animal and human bones found in 'portal to the underworld' in Mexico
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
A wooden canoe found in an underwater cave in Mexico was likely used as part of a Maya ritual.
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