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3 days ago · North America, third largest of the world’s continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It extends for more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) to within 500 miles (800 km) of both the North Pole and the Equator and has an east-west extent of 5,000 miles.
Name. Definitions. Natural characteristics. History. Demographics. Economy. Culture. See also. References. Further reading. External links. North America. A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018. North America is a continent [b] in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Tectonic evolution. North America is an ancient continent in several respects. It contains some of the oldest rocks on the Earth, its interior has been stable for the longest period of time, and it was the first continent to achieve approximately its present size and shape.
History of North America. The History of North America deals with an area where humans came to live relatively recently, compared to Africa, Europe, and Asia . Scientists have different theories as to the origins of the early human population of the continent.
May 13, 2024 · At a site in New Mexico, a new discovery rewrites the human history of the continent Richard Grant Smithsonian correspondent Fossilized footprints, preserved in gypsum mud that hardened over time ...
Nov 4, 2015 · Host Kirk Johnson explores how the continent was shaped—and how it shaped us. Mighty, elemental forces molded North America—fiery eruptions, titanic floods, the grinding of great ice sheets,...
Aug 21, 2023 · These separate communities developed into what are sometimes called 'tribes' (but more often referred to now as 'nations') at some point prior to c. 980 to c. 1030 CE when the first European settlement was established in North America by Leif Erikson at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland.
