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Lower Paleolithic Age
A period in human developement. Humans developed stone tools and wooden axes. -
Period: to
One year = 100,000 years ago
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Pleistocene epoch begins
Climate includes repeated glacial cycles. -
Nebraska Glacial Stage
The best-developed deposits are found in Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. -
Ice Age cyclical pattern had begun
Cycle: ice age of about 100,000 years with warmer periods of 10,000-15,000 years in between. -
Aftoniense Interglacial Period
The Cromer Forest Beds, in England, were formed. -
Kansas Glacial Stage
Fauna from this time period was diverse, including mammoths, musk-oxen, and moose. -
Neanderthal people developed
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Yarmouthiense Interglacial Period
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Neolithic Age
Including developements in human technology such as farming and domesticated animals. -
First modern humans evolved in Africa
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Illinois Glacial Stage
Made up of the North American Pre-Illinoian A, Early Illinoian, and Late Illinoian glaciations. The picture shows glacial terraces located by a tributary to the Ohio River. (b) is formed by outwash of the Illinoian Glacial Stage. -
Sangamoniense Interglacial Period
The global climate was so warm that forests grew in the Arctic Circle. -
Gigantopithecus extinct
These were 10-foot tall, 1200-pound apes who lived in southeast Asia. -
Cro-Magnon people developed (modern)
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Wisconsin Glacial Stage
Most recent major advance of the North American Laurentide ice sheet; made major changes to North American geography. -
Cro-Magnon people migrate out of Africa
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Great Lakes started to be formed by glaciers
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Megafauna went extinct
After the end of the most recent ice age. Megafauna had adapted to the cold climate. -
Holocene epoch
Warming period begins after last ice age. Earth's continents moved to look like they look today. -
Flandrian Interglacial Period
Continues today. The temperature is expected to decline in the future, following the cycle of past ice ages. This process will probably be delayed by global warming. -
Saber-toothed tigers extinct
Lived in America.
