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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nevada, 1904
A map from 1904 of Nevada showing the capital of Carson City, major cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, and rivers. "Nevada (Sage Hen State) - Created a Territory in 1861, declared a state in 1864. The real growth of the State...
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Unesco: Ethiopia: Lower Valley of the Omo
A prehistoric site near Lake Turkana, the lower valley of the Omo is renowned the world over. The discovery of many fossils there, especially Homo gracilis, has been of fundamental importance in the study of human evolution.
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Unesco: Canada: Dinosaur Provincial Park
In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park - located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands - contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in...
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Unesco: Ethiopia: Lower Valley of the Awash
The Awash valley contains one of the most important groupings of palaeontological sites on the African continent. The remains found at the site, the oldest of which date back at least 4 million years, provide evidence of human evolution...
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University of St. Andrews: Charles Hermite
Contributing to algebra, geometry, calculus, and number theory, Hermite created a number of important mathematical discoveries.