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Feb 27, 1500
Forest in North Carolina
North Carolinas forest began to look like they do today growing spruce, pince and fir. -
When North Carolina began to form
The land that is now North Carolina started to form about 1,700 million years ago. There has been change ever since. -
Continents comming together making mountains
The continents started to break apart but they merged back together whenever the land came back together many mountain ranges were made. They started to get eroded by wind and water. -
North Carolina on the east coast
Once Norch Carolina found its place on the east coast global climate began to warm and cool many times. It melted and cooled the polar icecaps causing the seas to rise and fall this made it cover and uncover the Coastal Plains. -
Shallow Seas in North Carolina
Shallow sea covered most of the Coastal Plain then left again about 5.3 million years ago. -
Humans in North Carolina
Humans began to walkupright and homo sapiens emeged about 120,000 years ago. The first humans arrived in North Carolina only 10,000 years ago -
Environmental Change
Humans continued the process of environmental change throught hunting and agriculture. -
Modern Mammals
Modern mammals and birds became recognizable. Grass started to spread across the globe and the first apes appeared. -
Life Forms
Life forms grew more complex and diverse. Plants and Animals became more easier to see life came out from the ocean and came on the land. Plants with seeds started to grow then grass started. -
sea erosion
the ocean is no where similer to modern day coastal plain also the rapid erosion in the piedmont left the moutains behind. -
Single cells appearing
The first single cell life forms first appeared in earth about 3,800 million years ago. It took 2,000 million years fot the first cells with nuclei which is simple bacteria to develop it then took another 500 million years for multi celled organisms to evolve. -
Climate stabilized
The climate stabilized as glaciers retreated making it possible for agriculture.
