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calaveras skull

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
calav-eras skull
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney , as found in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type.

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What does calaveras skull mean?
A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney , as found in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type.

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