Hoyo Negro and the Life of Naia SAAJ 82

In this episode, the Seven Ages team begins the conversation with news concerning the discovery of the Petralona skull in a cave complex in Greece. The team is then joined by returning guest James Chatters to discuss the Hoyo Negro site in Quintana Roo, Mexico. This enigmatic submerged site not only holds the remains of several new species of ground sloth but also the remains of a young girl named "Naia", the oldest (13,000 BP) complete human remains in the western hemisphere. Dr. James Chatters earned his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Washington in 1982. He is an archaeologist and paleontologist who has discovered and investigated many of North America's earliest human skeletons. Best known for the 1996 discovery of Kennewick Man and ongoing work at the Hoyo Negro Site in the Yucatan of Mexico, he has also done extensive work in hunter-gatherer prehistory in the western US, macroevolutionary theory, palynology, and late Pleistocene mammals, most notably ground sloths. Image Credit: Paul Nicklen / Hoyo Negro Project News Link: Petralona Skull Music in this Episode: Scott Buckley - Sanctum Seven Ages Official Merchandise Instagram Facebook Seven Ages Official Site Patreon Seven Ages YouTube Guest Links Hoyo Negro Official Site

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Hoyo Negro and the Life of Naia SAAJ 82 is an episode from Seven Ages Audio Journal by Seven Ages Research.

This episode is 01:28:12 long.

This episode was published on Sep 2, 2025.

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