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Therefore, it was originally believed that
Tepexpan Man dated to about 10,000 years ago. However, years later, researchers revisited the skeleton and dated the remains using radiocarbon methods. It was then found to be closer to 2,000 years old. Dr. Silvia Gonzalez, a professor of geoarchaeology at John Moore University in Liverpool, used uranium isotope analysis to date the skeleton. Results showed that Tepexpan Man was 4,700 years old. She argues that contamination of the remains led to the obscured radiocarbon dates. Other critics have claimed that Tepexpan Man was an intrusion in that he was buried at a later date but dug into Pleistocene materials.
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organic geochemistry, and tephrochronology. These lines of evidence suggest that there were large changes around Lake
Texcoco in terms of the balance between aquatic and terrestrial plants, C3 and C4 plants, saline, alkaline and freshwater conditions, volcanic activity, reworking of lake sediments, and input from the drainage basin throughout the late Pleistocene and late Holocene. These changes also had large effects on the prehistoric human populations living around the lake at this time.
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Tepexpan Man was alive, the lake was very deep, full of fish, and surrounded by trees. The environment surrounding Lake Texcoco experienced major changes over the past 20,000 years including several volcanic eruptions, changing water levels, and numerous types of vegetation. These environmental changes clearly affected populations living in the area. Today,
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Science Newsletter described Tepexpan man in its 1947 edition. It described Tepexpan Man as having "a high-domed, thin-walled skull" which contained "a brain the same size as those of present-day Indians." The writers described a "solidly built" jawline and "prominent" brow ridges, as well as a
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Mexican. The skeleton was found lying face down with the arms under the chest and the legs drawn up to the stomach. The body most likely sank into the mud surrounding it, leaving the shoulder, back, and hips exposed, which might explain why those elements are missing. It is
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Alluvial deposits overlaid by layers of calcium carbonate, lake sediments, and recent deposits dated the site where
Tepexpan Man was found to about 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. Excavations revealed the remains of five mammoths which were found near the skeleton and associated with obsidian flakes.
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Tepexpan Man exhibits a healed fracture on his right ulna. De Terra hypothesized that due to his fracture and the proximity to mammoth fossils, Tepexpan Man may have been a hunter who was either killed by his fellow men or mortally wounded while hunting. The
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Dr. Gonzalez also reconstructed the environment of Lake
Texcoco around the time of Tepexpan Man by analyzing sediments and fossils from the area. Dr. Gonzalez and her team analyzed sand, clay, and volcanic ash, as well as fossils of diatoms (microscopic algae) and ostracods (a form of small
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