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ESCI - Timeline
ESCI - Timeline
ESCI - Timeline
THE
THE
HISTORY
HISTORY
OF EARTH
EARTH
BAGTASOS, VERONICA
PUNZALAN, VICKI MEI
T H E E A R T H ' S
AGO )
YEARS AGO)
AGO –
NOW)
also called Cenozoic Era. The start of this era was the
demise of the dinosaurs because of the worldwide
climate disruption. The climate during cenozoic
eragenerally warm and the Earth could be
characterized as a greenhouse world. Mammals
emerged as the largest land animals at this time. It
was late in the Cenozoic that modern man or Homo
sapiens began to populate the earth. Throughout the
period, continents moved, which made the oceans
wider.