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1. The earliest known inhabitants of a place; an aborigine: An autochthon is the earliest known dweller in any country..
2. Someone who is supposed to have risen, or to have sprung, from the ground or the soil he is currently inhabiting; a "son of the soil": One autochthon in Greek mythology was King Erichthonius, a legendary ruler of ancient Athens.
3. That which is original to a particular country, or which had its origin there: The Sequoia sempervirens, the coastal redwood tree, is an autochthon, native to California and Southern Oregon, and is also the tallest tree in the world!
4. Original inhabitants or products: The first humans, or autochthons, lived in California 130,000 years ago.
5. In ecology, an indigenous plant or animal: The California poppy is an autochthon and is native to California, U.S.A.
6. In geology, a geological formation formed in the region where it is found: Granite is a rock that is an autochthon in California.
2. Someone who is supposed to have risen, or to have sprung, from the ground or the soil he is currently inhabiting; a "son of the soil": One autochthon in Greek mythology was King Erichthonius, a legendary ruler of ancient Athens.
3. That which is original to a particular country, or which had its origin there: The Sequoia sempervirens, the coastal redwood tree, is an autochthon, native to California and Southern Oregon, and is also the tallest tree in the world!
4. Original inhabitants or products: The first humans, or autochthons, lived in California 130,000 years ago.
5. In ecology, an indigenous plant or animal: The California poppy is an autochthon and is native to California, U.S.A.
6. In geology, a geological formation formed in the region where it is found: Granite is a rock that is an autochthon in California.