The children in the underground space were people.

The twins among them were a specific kind of people in their culture’s eyes.

And in ours, they are now, at last, known for what they were.

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The Petrous Bone: A Scientific Marvel Inside the Human Skull

The fact that ancient DNA was successfully recovered from all 64 sampled individuals in the chultún is worth dwelling on, because it represents a significant technical achievement in a preservation environment that is generally hostile to ancient genetic material.

The petrous bone is the densest bone in the human body.