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The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
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Prehistory
Span of time before recorded history
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of symbols, marks, and images appears…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kennewick, Washington
City in the United States
Kennewick is a city in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located along the southwest bank of the Columbia River, just southeast of the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima rivers and across from the confluence of the Columbia and Snake rivers. It is the most…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kennewick Man
Ancient skeleton of Indigenous American man
Kennewick Man or Ancient One was a Native American man who lived during the early Holocene, whose skeletal remains were found in 1996 washed out on a bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. Radiocarbon tests show the man lived about 8,400 to 8,690 years Before…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)