Tertiary

Cenozoic Era Nick P

  • Appearance of placental mammals.

    Appearance of placental mammals.
    (marsupials, insectivores, lemuroids, creodonts)
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    Timespan

  • Flowering Plants Became Widespread

    Flowering Plants Became Widespread
    Plants started evolving and reproducing rapidly.
  • Formation of the Rocky Mountains

    Formation of the Rocky Mountains
    When they reached formation completion.
  • Australia seperates from Anarctica

    Australia seperates from Anarctica
  • Modern Mammals Appear

    Modern Mammals Appear
    Rhino, Camel, early Horses.
  • First Elephants with trunks.

    First Elephants with trunks.
  • First raccoons appear.

    First raccoons appear.
  • Upright walking hominids appear.

    Upright walking hominids appear.
  • Accumulation of Ice at the Poles

    Accumulation of Ice at the Poles
  • Rise of long-legged grazing animals.

    Rise of long-legged grazing animals.
  • Tool-making humanoids emerge.

    Tool-making humanoids emerge.
    Begin of the stone age,
  • Homo Erectus first moves out of Africa.

    Homo Erectus first moves out of Africa.
  • Hominids hunt with wooden spears. Start of the cutting tools.

    Hominids hunt with wooden spears. Start of the cutting tools.
  • Hominids use controlled fires.

    Hominids use controlled fires.
  • Small Advances, slow progressions.

    Small Advances, slow progressions.
    Seeds, early agriculture, early culinary.
  • Domestication of animals.

    Domestication of animals.
  • Metal smeltering started.

    Metal smeltering started.
  • Inventing of the wheel.

    Inventing of the wheel.
  • Start of the bronze age.

    Start of the bronze age.
  • Development of writing.

    Development of writing.
  • Pyramids of Giza.

    Pyramids of Giza.
  • Very fast, rapid, advances in technology.

    Very fast, rapid, advances in technology.
    Computers, TV, Satelites, Internet, Cars, Planes, Boats, Media.
  • SPACE TRAVEL, NASA.

    SPACE TRAVEL, NASA.
    Apollo