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  2. History of surfing - Wikipedia

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    History of surfing. 1858 illustration of "surf-riding" in Hawaii. The riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean. In this sense, bodysurfing is the oldest type of wave-catching. Undoubtedly ancient sailors learned how to ride wave energy on many styles of early boats.

  3. History of North America - Wikipedia

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    The Big history of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that the continent first became inhabited by humans when individuals migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, [ 1 ] more recent discoveries may have pushed those estimates back ...

  4. Surfing - Wikipedia

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    Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found on ocean shores, but can also be found as standing waves in the open ...

  5. History of the west coast of North America - Wikipedia

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    The human history of the west coast of North America[1] is believed to stretch back to the arrival of the earliest people over the Bering Strait, or alternately along the ice free coastal islands of British Columbia (See [1], through the development of significant pre-Columbian cultures and population densities, to the arrival of the European ...

  6. Timeline of North American prehistory - Wikipedia

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    Timeline. 1000 BC–800 AD: The Norton tradition develops in the Western Arctic along the Alaskan shore of the Bering Strait. 1000 BC: Athapaskan -speaking natives arrive in Alaska and northwestern North America, possibly from Siberia. 1000 BC: Pottery making widespread in the Eastern Woodlands. 1000 BC–100 AD: Adena culture takes form in the ...

  7. Geological history of North America - Wikipedia

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    The geological history of North America comprises the history of geological occurrences and emergence of life in North America during the interval of time spanning from the formation of the Earth through to the emergence of humanity and the start of prehistory. At the start of the Paleozoic Era, what is now "North" America was actually in the ...

  8. List of archaeological periods (North America) - Wikipedia

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    1200 – 1400 CE Late Mississippian culture: 1400 – 1500 CE (or European contact) Fort Ancient (a non-Mississippian culture) 1000 – 1550 CE Oneota [5] 900 – 1650 CE in Florida and adjacent parts of Alabama and Georgia, by culture Belle Glade culture: 1050 BCE – European contact Glades culture: 550 BCE – European contact Manasota culture

  9. Ocean exploration - Wikipedia

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    Ocean exploration is a part of oceanography describing the exploration of ocean surfaces. Notable explorations were undertaken by the Greeks, the Romans, the Polynesians, the Phoenicians, Phytheas, Herodotus, the Vikings, the Portuguese and Muslims. Scientific investigations began with early scientists such as James Cook, Charles Darwin, and ...