The emerged in the lowlands along the southwestern edge of the gulf of mexico around 3,000 years ago.

The Olmec civilization emerged in the lowlands along the southwestern edge of the gulf of mexico around 3000 years ago.

The first signs of complex society in Mesoamerica were the Olmecs who were an ancient Pre-Colombian civilization living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico. They were the first major civilization in Mexico.

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