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The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as " simian " or " ape -like" by Marcellin Boule [ 1 ] and Arthur Keith .
By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,007 square miles (59,590 km 2)—of which 9,103 square miles (23,580 km 2) lies in Michigan and 13,904 square miles (36,010 km 2) lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth (or the fourth-largest lake, if the Caspian Sea ...
Lake Huron basin Later Lake Saginaw in Saginaw Bay on the lower peninsula of Michigan. Nipissing Great Lakes; 5,500 [9] - 4,500 YBP [10] Lake Nipissing; 8,400 – 5,500 YBP formed as the water bodies in the Superior and Huron basins merged across Sault Ste. Marie around 8,400 YBP and then merged with the Michigan basin around 7,800. [1]
Turnip Rock is a small geological formation in Michigan. It is a stack [1] located in Lake Huron, in shallow water a few yards offshore, near the rock called the Thumbnail which is the extreme tip of Pointe Aux Barques, a small peninsula in Pointe Aux Barques Township [2] which in turn is the extreme tip of The Thumb, a large peninsula comprising several counties in eastern Michigan.
Little is known about the history of the oldest exposed rocks in the area due to extensive metamorphism.This somber, gray, almost featureless crystalline complex is composed of originally sedimentary and igneous rocks with large quantities of quartz and feldspar mixed in. [1] The original rocks were transformed to contorted schist and gneiss, making their original parentage almost unrecognizable.
The steamer broke down in heavy Lake Huron seas around 12:30 a.m. the morning of Sept. 26. The Ironton and the Moonlight disconnected their tow lines and drifted apart, with the Ironton crew ...
Writers of the classical Greek and Roman period made several allusions to cave-dwelling tribes in different parts of the world, such as the Troglodytae. [ 5 ] Perhaps fleeing the violence of Ancient Romans , people left the Dead Sea Scrolls in eleven caves near Qumran , in what is now an area of the West Bank managed by Qumran National Park, in ...
A survey of Lake Michigan located at least 40 large craters on the lakebed. Initial studies highlighted the spots as unknown shapes, but additional research revealed the craters are filled with ...