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Eve of Naharon (Spanish: Eva de Naharon) is the skeleton of a 20– to 25-year-old human female found in the Naharon section of the underwater cave Sistema Naranjal in Mexico[2] near the town of Tulum, around 80 miles (130 km) south west of Cancún.[3] The Naranjal subsystem is a part of the larger Sistema Ox Bel Ha.[4] The skeleton is carbon dated to 13,600 years ago, which makes it one of the oldest documented human finds in the Americas.[5]
Other skeletons found within the cave are said to be between 11,000 and 14,000 years old.[6] Whilst radiocarbon dating might be inaccurate due to the marine effect, similar results have been obtained by uranium–thorium dating.[3]
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