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An interpretive statue along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail I Shawn Malone
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New MSU research looks at earliest U.P. residents

Most ancient American archeology in the U.P. centers around the south shore of Lake Superior, and the central U.P. But a new artifact was found near Hermansville in the western U.P. and could reveal new theories about the people who lived here thousands of years ago.

Excerpt: A 9,000-year-old cutting tool used by the earliest inhabitants of Michigan -- recently donated to the Michigan State University Museum -- sheds new light on the Paleoindian colonization of the Upper Peninsula, says an MSU anthropologist who analyzed the acquisition.

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Source: Michigan State University News
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