🧿 Chan Hol

Mexico · Americas · 20.15°N, 87.57°W

Chan Hol, part of the Toh ha cave system, is a cenote and submerged cave system in Quintana Roo, Mexico, of interest to paleoanthropologists. The remains of three prehistoric human fossils were discovered within the cave system. Along with Eve of Naharon, Naia, the Man of El Templo and the Woman of Las Palmas, the three fossils at Chan Hol are among several ancient Paleo-Indian skeletons found in the submerged cave systems of the Yucatán Peninsula around Tulum, Quintana Roo.

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Quick facts

Country	Mexico
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	20.15°N, 87.57°W · view on map

Chan Hol is located in Mexico, in Americas.

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Acanmul · Acozac · Ake · Altavista (Zacatecas) · Angamuco · Balamku · Balankanche · Balcón de Montezuma · Becan · Boca de Potrerillos.

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