3,000-year-old human remains found in Mexico

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</P><P>Around 98 percent of the skeletons have been retrieved, anthropologist Araceli Rivera Estrada of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), told the agency.
</P><P>"We found no offering in the grave, so we believe the body was buried in a modest ceremony," Estrada said.
</P><P>The burial could throw light on when the first human settlements in the region were founded.
</P><P>So far, there were only evidences of nomadic tribes who passed through the area some 7,500 to 8,000 years ago.
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