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    Geology

    Old Earth Theory

    Definition

    Geology Study of
    the earth.

    Geological Timescale

    Precambrian
    Paleozoic
    Mesozoic
    Cenozoic

    What does zoic


    mean?

    Life

    Precambrian

    540-600 mya
    First multi-cellular
    organisms appeared

    Paleozoic

    Ancient Life
    248-540 mya
    Divided up into six different
    periods
    Visible life appeared
    Hard-shelled organisms
    Organisms with skeletons

    Mesozoic

    Middle Life
    65 248 mya
    Divided into three periods
    Age of reptiles
    Dinosaurs and mammals first
    appear

    Cenozoic

    Recent Life
    Our current era
    65 mya to present
    time
    Age of mammals

    Mammals?

    Create a list of five


    mammals

    Cenozoic

    Divided into two


    periods
    Tertiary Period
    Quaternary Period

    Quaternary Period

    Age of man
    1.8 mya to present
    Human civilization 11,000 b.c.
    to present
    Around the end of the last
    ice age. Why?

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