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CENIOZOIC ERAThe last stage in the development of life on Earth is known as the Cenozoic era. It lasted about 65 million years and, from our point of view, is of fundamental importance, since it was at this time that the primates from which man descends developed from insectivores. At the beginning of the Cenozoic, the processes of Alpine folding reach their culmination point; in subsequent epochs earth's surface is gradually taking on modern shape.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Geologists divide the Cenozoic into two periods: Tertiary and Quaternary. Of these, the first is much longer than the second, but the second - quaternary - has a number of unique features; this is the time of ice ages and the final formation of the modern face of the Earth.

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CENIOZOIC ERA PALEOCENE ERA The Paleocene era is approximately 7 million years old. The first nummulites, the largest of single-celled organisms, appeared in the seas. Of the mollusks, bivalves and gastropods clearly predominated, replacing the almost extinct cephalopods. Arthropods were close to modern ones. The dominance of reptiles ended. Mammals became more numerous and more diverse. Creodont predators appeared. They were still significantly different from modern predators and had much in common with insectivores.

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CENIOZOIC ERA EOCENE ERA Duration - approximately 19 million years. The climate is warm. The life of the Eocene forest was rich and varied. The first lemurs and rodents appeared. Forest swamps served as a refuge for heavy aquatic aminodont rhinoceroses, similar to hippopotamuses. In America, the first ancestors of camels and llamas were found, belonging to the calloused artiodactyls. In North Africa in the Eocene, the first proboscideans, i.e., the ancestors of elephants, appeared. First sea ​​cows, or sirens resemble whales, but they are herbivores. Ancient fish-eating zeiglodont whales.

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CENIOZOIC ERA OLIGOCENE ERA Lasted 16 million years. The climate is temperate and humid. There are more conifers and deciduous trees. Shrews and moles appeared. In the forests lived real squirrels, the ancestors of mice, hares and porcupines. A lot of hornless rhinoceroses, related. modern. Even-toed ruminants (the ancestors of our deer, antelope, giraffe, goats, sheep and bulls) resembled modern deer or musk deer. There were especially many pigs. By the end of the period, short-bodied toothed whales and the ancestors of toothless whales swam in the sea.

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CENIOZOIC ERA MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE ERA The Miocene time falls approximately. 12 million years, and for the Pliocene - 6. At this time, oaks, maples, elms, poplars, hickory trees and magnolia grew. The marine fauna was close to modern. Arboreal long-tailed raccoons separated from the primary dogs. Real hyenas, the first real deer with simple forked antlers, and bears appeared. There were a large number of antelopes. The ancestors of modern broad-nosed monkeys. In India at the same time, the ancestors of orangutans existed. Apes were very close to their modern descendants. Toothed and toothless whales.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Quaternary period The Quaternary, or anthropogenic, period - the shortest period in the history of the Earth - began only about 2 million years ago. Geologists divide the Quaternary system into two divisions: the Pleistocene and the Holocene, which covers the last 10,000 years and is therefore often called modern times.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Quaternary periodClimate. Anthropogen is characterized by severe cooling, which led to the formation of clearly isolated climatic zones, or belts. Glaciation had a huge impact on the development of life; it coincided with the rapid evolution of primates and the appearance of humans on the scene. Many heat-loving plants of the end of the Tertiary period became extinct. In the intervals between glaciations, a humid and warm climate close to the modern one was established in most of Europe.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Quaternary period Pleistocene vertebrates The most typical are mammals, among which elephants stood out for their position. The most widespread of the proboscideans was the cold-loving woolly mammoth at the end of the Pleistocene. The direct ancestor of the woolly mammoth was the trogonteria elephant, which lived in the steppes of the Middle Pleistocene. In the very early Pleistocene of Europe, Merck's rhinoceroses grazed in the forests side by side with forest elephants. Horses of the genus Equus occupy a prominent place among mammals.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Quaternary Period Pleistocene VertebratesEven hippopotamuses were founded in Europe during the relatively warm interglacial eras. One of the most remarkable ruminant artiodactyls of the early Quaternary period was the huge big-horned deer (sometimes called the Irish deer). Since the end of the Pleistocene, the aurochs has been found in Europe, the probable ancestor of modern domestic bulls, which became extinct only in the 18th century. Europe was inhabited by numerous predators. The most typical of them were the bear, saber-toothed tiger, cave lion, hyena, wolf, fox, raccoon and wolverine.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Quaternary period Ancestors of modern mammals The primitive rodent was the size of a bull. It weighed about 700 kg, reaching a length of 2.5 meters (excluding the tail). His remains were found back in 2000 in one of the swamps of Venezuela, 400 km west of the country's capital, Caracas. The formal name of this rodent is Phoberomys pattersoni, and the informal name is Goya. According to scientists, he lived 6-8 million years ago in swampy forests, when South America was isolated from the rest of the world. The herbivore Goya had a large tail that allowed it to balance on its hind legs to watch for predators. And the rodent had plenty of enemies: 10-meter crocodiles, marsupial cats, giant predator birds. They were the ones who ultimately ruined him.

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CENIOZOIC ERA Quaternary period Ancestors of modern mammals Ancient ancestor of marsupials. The skeleton of a creature discovered in the mountains of China is considered the most ancient ancestor of modern marsupial mammals– opossums, kangaroos, koalas and others. The remains are 125 million years old. The animal that lived with dinosaurs turned out to be small - the size of a mouse: approximately 15 centimeters long and weighing about 30 grams. The structure of the limbs indicates that the creature could climb trees.




PLANT WORLD: More and more new species of flowering plants and the insects that pollinate them continued to spread. PLANT WORLD: More and more new species of flowering plants and the insects that pollinate them continued to spread. Paleocene era Animal world Fauna The age of mammals began on land. Rodents and insectivores, “gliding” mammals and early primates appeared. There were also large animals among them, both predators and herbivores. In the seas, marine reptiles were replaced by new species of predatory bony fish and sharks. New varieties have emerged bivalves and foraminifera. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During this era, the continents were still in motion, as the "great southern mainland"Gondwanaland continued to split into pieces. South America was now completely cut off from the rest of the world and turned into a kind of floating "ark" with unique fauna early mammals. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During this era, the continents were still in motion as the "great southern continent" Gondwana continued to break apart. South America was now completely cut off from the rest of the world and turned into a kind of floating “ark” with a unique fauna of early mammals. From 65 to 55 million years ago




Eocene epoch ANIMAL WORLD: Appeared on land the bats, lemurs, tarsiers; ancestors of today's elephants, horses, cows, pigs, rhinoceroses and deer; other large herbivores. Other mammals, such as whales and sirenians, have returned to aquatic environment. The number of freshwater bony fish species has increased. Other groups of animals also evolved, including ants and bees, starlings and penguins, giant flightless birds, moles, camels, rabbits and voles, cats, dogs and bears. ANIMAL WORLD: Bats, lemurs, and tarsiers appeared on land; ancestors of today's elephants, horses, cows, pigs, rhinoceroses and deer; other large herbivores. Other mammals, such as whales and sirenians, have returned to the aquatic environment. The number of freshwater bony fish species has increased. Other groups of animals also evolved, including ants and bees, starlings and penguins, giant flightless birds, moles, camels, rabbits and voles, cats, dogs and bears. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Eocene, the main land masses began to gradually assume a position close to that which they occupy today. Much of the land was still divided into giant islands of sorts, as the huge continents continued to move away from each other. South America lost contact with Antarctica, and India moved closer to Asia. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Eocene, the main land masses began to gradually assume a position close to that which they occupy today. Much of the land was still divided into giant islands of sorts, as the huge continents continued to move away from each other. South America lost contact with Antarctica, and India moved closer to Asia. PLANT WORLD: Lush forests grew in many parts of the world, and palm trees grew in temperate latitudes. PLANT WORLD: Lush forests grew in many parts of the world, and palm trees grew in temperate latitudes. approximately 19 million years.




The Oligocene Epoch lasted 16 million years. ANIMAL WORLD: With the spread of the steppes, herbivorous mammals began to appear. Among them, new species of rabbits, hares, giant sloths, rhinoceroses and other ungulates arose. The first ruminants appeared. ANIMAL WORLD: With the spread of the steppes, herbivorous mammals began to appear. Among them, new species of rabbits, hares, giant sloths, rhinoceroses and other ungulates arose. The first ruminants appeared. VEGETABLE WORLD: Rainforests decreased in size and began to give way to forests temperate zone, vast steppes also appeared. New grasses spread quickly, new types of herbivores evolved GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Oligocene era, India crossed the equator, and Australia finally separated from Antarctica. The climate on Earth became cooler, and a huge ice sheet formed over the South Pole. For education so large quantity ice required no less significant volumes sea ​​water. This led to lower sea levels across the planet and an expansion of land area. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Oligocene era, India crossed the equator and Australia finally separated from Antarctica. The climate on Earth became cooler, and a huge ice sheet formed over the South Pole. To form such a large amount of ice required equally significant volumes of sea water. This led to lower sea levels across the planet and an expansion of land area.




Miocene era PLANT WORLD: Inland areas became colder and drier, and they became more and more widespread GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: Throughout the Miocene, the continents were still “on the march”, and a number of grandiose cataclysms occurred during their collisions. Africa "crashed" into Europe and Asia, resulting in the appearance of the Alps. When India and Asia collided, the Himalayan mountains rose up. At the same time, the Rocky Mountains and Andes formed as other giant plates continued to shift and slide on top of each other. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Miocene, the continents were still “on the march”, and during their collisions a number of grandiose cataclysms occurred. Africa "crashed" into Europe and Asia, resulting in the appearance of the Alps. When India and Asia collided, the Himalayan mountains rose up. At the same time, the Rocky Mountains and Andes formed as other giant plates continued to shift and slide on top of each other. ANIMAL WORLD: Mammals migrated from continent to continent along newly formed land bridges, which sharply accelerated evolutionary processes. Elephants moved from Africa to Eurasia, and cats, giraffes, pigs and buffaloes moved in the opposite direction. Saber-toothed cats and monkeys, including anthropoids, appeared. In Australia, cut off from the outside world, monotremes and marsupials continued to develop. From 25 to 5 million years ago




Pliocene Epoch PLANT WORLD: As the climate cooled, steppes replaced forests. PLANT WORLD: As the climate cooled, steppes replaced forests. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: A space traveler looking down on the Earth at the beginning of the Pliocene would have found continents in almost the same places as today. A galactic visitor would see the giant ice caps in the northern hemisphere and the huge ice sheet of Antarctica. ANIMAL WORLD: Herbivorous ungulate mammals continued to rapidly reproduce and evolve. Towards the end of the period, a land bridge linked the Southern and North America, which led to a grandiose “exchange” of animals between the two continents. Intensified interspecific competition caused the extinction of many ancient animals. Rats entered Australia, and the first humanoid creatures, Australopithecus, appeared in Africa. ANIMAL WORLD: Herbivorous ungulate mammals continued to rapidly reproduce and evolve. Towards the end of the period, a land bridge connected South and North America, which led to a huge "exchange" of animals between the two continents. Intensified interspecific competition caused the extinction of many ancient animals. Rats entered Australia, and the first humanoid creatures, Australopithecus, appeared in Africa.





Pleistocene era PLANT WORLD: Ice gradually crawled from the poles, and coniferous forests gave way to the tundra. Further from the edge of the glaciers, deciduous forests were replaced by coniferous ones. In warmer areas globe Vast steppes spread out. PLANT WORLD: Ice gradually crawled from the poles, and coniferous forests gave way to the tundra. Further from the edge of the glaciers, deciduous forests were replaced by coniferous ones. In the warmer regions of the globe there are vast steppes. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: At the beginning of the Pleistocene, most continents occupied the same position as today, and some of them required crossing half the globe to do so. A narrow land "bridge" connected the Northern and South America. Australia was located on the opposite side of the Earth from Britain. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: At the beginning of the Pleistocene, most continents occupied the same position as today, and some of them required crossing half the globe to do so. A narrow land bridge connected North and South America. Australia was located on the opposite side of the Earth from Britain. ANIMAL WORLD: Some animals managed to adapt to the increased cold by acquiring thick hair: for example, woolly mammoths and rhinoceroses. The most common predators are saber-toothed cats and cave lions. This was the age of giant marsupials in Australia and huge flightless birds, such as moas and apiornis, that lived in many areas of the southern hemisphere. The first people appeared, and many large mammals began to disappear from the face of the Earth. ANIMAL WORLD: Some animals managed to adapt to the increased cold by acquiring thick hair: for example, woolly mammoths and rhinoceroses. The most common predators are saber-toothed cats and cave lions. This was the age of giant marsupials in Australia and huge flightless birds, such as moas and apiornis, that lived in many areas of the southern hemisphere. The first people appeared, and many large mammals began to disappear from the face of the Earth.
Holocene era from 10 thousand years to the present day GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: The Holocene began years ago. Throughout the Holocene, the continents occupied almost the same places as they do today; the climate was also similar to the modern one, becoming warmer and colder every few millennia. Today we are experiencing one of the warming periods. As the ice sheets thinned, sea levels slowly rose. The beginning of the time of the human race GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: The Holocene began years ago. Throughout the Holocene, the continents occupied almost the same places as they do today; the climate was also similar to the modern one, becoming warmer and colder every few millennia. Today we are experiencing one of the warming periods. As the ice sheets thinned, sea levels slowly rose. The time of the human race began. PLANT WORLD: With the advent of agriculture, peasants destroyed more and more wild plants in order to clear areas for crops and pastures. In addition, plants brought by people to new areas sometimes replaced indigenous vegetation. PLANT WORLD: With the advent of agriculture, peasants destroyed more and more wild plants in order to clear areas for crops and pastures. In addition, plants brought by people to new areas sometimes replaced indigenous vegetation.



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Final era geological history Earth, the time of development of modern fauna and flora. During this era, mammals, birds, bony fish, insects and flowering plants received maximum development.

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PLANT WORLD: More and more new species of flowering plants and the insects that pollinate them continued to spread. Paleocene Epoch Fauna The age of mammals began on land. Rodents and insectivores, “gliding” mammals and early primates appeared. There were also large animals among them, both predators and herbivores. In the seas, marine reptiles were replaced by new species of predatory bony fish and sharks. New varieties of bivalves and foraminifera emerged. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During this era, the continents were still in motion as the "great southern continent" Gondwana continued to break apart. South America was now completely cut off from the rest of the world and turned into a kind of floating “ark” with a unique fauna of early mammals. From 65 to 55 million years ago

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Nummulites are the largest of single-celled organisms. Smilodon species of bivalve mollusks Foraminifera

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Eocene epoch ANIMAL WORLD: Bats, lemurs, tarsiers appeared on land; ancestors of today's elephants, horses, cows, pigs, rhinoceroses and deer; other large herbivores. Other mammals, such as whales and sirenians, have returned to the aquatic environment. The number of freshwater bony fish species has increased. Other groups of animals also evolved, including ants and bees, starlings and penguins, giant flightless birds, moles, camels, rabbits and voles, cats, dogs and bears. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Eocene, the main land masses began to gradually assume a position close to that which they occupy today. Much of the land was still divided into giant islands of sorts, as the huge continents continued to move away from each other. South America lost contact with Antarctica, and India moved closer to Asia. PLANT WORLD: Lush forests grew in many parts of the world, and palm trees grew in temperate latitudes. approximately 19 million years.

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The dodo, or dodo, is an extinct flightless bird. The wild horse, mammoths are the ancestors of today's elephants.

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The Oligocene Epoch lasted 16 million years. ANIMAL WORLD: With the spread of the steppes, herbivorous mammals began to appear. Among them, new species of rabbits, hares, giant sloths, rhinoceroses and other ungulates arose. The first ruminants appeared. PLANT WORLD: Tropical forests decreased in size and began to give way to temperate forests, and vast steppes appeared. New grasses spread quickly, new types of herbivores evolved GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Oligocene era, India crossed the equator, and Australia finally separated from Antarctica. The climate on Earth became cooler, and a huge ice sheet formed over the South Pole. To form such a large amount of ice required equally significant volumes of sea water. This led to lower sea levels across the planet and an expansion of land area.

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Miocene era PLANT WORLD: Inland areas became colder and drier, and they became more and more widespread GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: Throughout the Miocene, the continents were still “on the march”, and a number of grandiose cataclysms occurred during their collisions. Africa "crashed" into Europe and Asia, resulting in the appearance of the Alps. When India and Asia collided, the Himalayan mountains rose up. At the same time, the Rocky Mountains and Andes formed as other giant plates continued to shift and slide on top of each other. ANIMAL WORLD: Mammals migrated from continent to continent along newly formed land bridges, which sharply accelerated evolutionary processes. Elephants moved from Africa to Eurasia, and cats, giraffes, pigs and buffaloes moved in the opposite direction. Saber-toothed cats and monkeys, including anthropoids, appeared. In Australia, cut off from the outside world, monotremes and marsupials continued to develop. From 25 to 5 million years ago

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The saber-toothed cat Epicamelus or Picamelus is a prehistoric camel on its back that has only a slight elevation instead of a hump.

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Pliocene Epoch PLANT WORLD: As the climate cooled, steppes replaced forests. GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: A space traveler looking down on the Earth at the beginning of the Pliocene would have found continents in almost the same places as today. A galactic visitor would see the giant ice caps in the northern hemisphere and the huge ice sheet of Antarctica. ANIMAL WORLD: Herbivorous ungulate mammals continued to rapidly reproduce and evolve. Towards the end of the period, a land bridge connected South and North America, which led to a huge "exchange" of animals between the two continents. Intensified interspecific competition caused the extinction of many ancient animals. Rats entered Australia, and the first humanoid creatures, Australopithecus, appeared in Africa.

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Quaternary period The Quaternary or anthropogenic period - the shortest period in the history of the Earth - began only about 2 million years ago. Geologists divide the Quaternary system into two divisions: Pleistocene Holocene

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CENIOZOIC ERA
The Cenozoic era is divided into two periods: Tertiary (65 - 2 million years ago) Quaternary (2 million years ago - our time), which in turn are divided into eras

Tertiary period
Eocene
Oligocene
Miocene
Pliocene
Paleocene
Eocene
Paleocene

PALEOCENE ERA
GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: The Paleocene marked the beginning of the Cenozoic era. At that time, the continents were still in motion as the "great southern continent" Gondwana continued to break apart. South America was now completely cut off from the rest of the world and turned into a kind of floating “ark” with a unique fauna of early mammals. ANIMAL WORLD: The age of mammals began on land. Rodents and insectivores, “gliding” mammals and early primates appeared. There were also large animals among them, both predators and herbivores. In the seas, marine reptiles were replaced by new species of predatory bony fish and sharks. New varieties of bivalves and foraminifera emerged. PLANT WORLD: More and more new species of flowering plants and the insects that pollinate them continued to spread.

EOCENE ERA
GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Eocene, the main land masses began to gradually assume a position close to that which they occupy today. Much of the land was still divided into giant islands of sorts, as the huge continents continued to move away from each other. South America lost contact with Antarctica, and India moved closer to Asia. ANIMAL WORLD: Bats, lemurs, and tarsiers appeared on land; ancestors of today's elephants, horses, cows, pigs, tapirs, rhinoceroses and deer; other large herbivores. Other mammals, such as whales and sirenians, have returned to the aquatic environment. The number of freshwater bony fish species has increased. Other groups of animals also evolved, including ants and bees, starlings and penguins, giant flightless birds, moles, camels, rabbits and voles, cats, dogs and bears. PLANT WORLD: Lush forests grew in many parts of the world, and palm trees grew in temperate latitudes.

OLIGOCENE ERA
GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Oligocene era, India crossed the equator and Australia finally separated from Antarctica. The climate on Earth became cooler, and a huge ice sheet formed over the South Pole. To form such a large amount of ice required equally significant volumes of sea water. This led to lower sea levels across the planet and an expansion of land area. ANIMAL WORLD: With the spread of the steppes, a rapid flourishing of herbivorous mammals began. Among them, new species of rabbits, hares, giant sloths, rhinoceroses and other ungulates arose. The first ruminants appeared. PLANT WORLD: Tropical forests decreased in size and began to give way to temperate forests, and vast steppes appeared. New grasses quickly spread, and new types of herbivores developed.

GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: During the Miocene, the continents were still “on the march”, and during their collisions a number of grandiose cataclysms occurred. Africa "crashed" into Europe and Asia, resulting in the appearance of the Alps. When India and Asia collided, the Himalayan mountains rose up. At the same time, the Rocky Mountains and Andes formed as other giant plates continued to shift and slide on top of each other. ANIMAL WORLD: Mammals migrated from continent to continent along newly formed land bridges, which sharply accelerated evolutionary processes. Elephants moved from Africa to Eurasia, and cats, giraffes, pigs and buffaloes moved in the opposite direction. Saber-toothed cats and monkeys, including anthropoids, appeared. In Australia, cut off from the outside world, monotremes and marsupials continued to develop. PLANT WORLD: Inland areas became colder and drier, and steppes became more widespread in them.
MIOCENE ERA

GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: A space traveler looking down on the Earth at the beginning of the Pliocene would have found continents in almost the same places as today. A galactic visitor would see the giant ice caps in the northern hemisphere and the huge ice sheet of Antarctica. ANIMAL WORLD: Herbivorous ungulate mammals continued to rapidly reproduce and evolve. Towards the end of the period, a land bridge connected South and North America, which led to a huge "exchange" of animals between the two continents. It is believed that increased interspecific competition caused the extinction of many ancient animals. Rats entered Australia, and the first humanoid creatures appeared in Africa. PLANT WORLD: As the climate cooled, steppes replaced forests.
PLIOCENE ERA

Quaternary period
Pleistocene
Holocene

GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: At the beginning of the Pleistocene, most continents occupied the same position as today, and some of them required crossing half the globe to do so. A narrow land bridge connected North and South America. Australia was located on the opposite side of the Earth from Britain. ANIMAL WORLD: Some animals managed to adapt to the increased cold by acquiring thick hair: for example, woolly mammoths and rhinoceroses. The most common predators are saber-toothed cats and cave lions. This was the age of giant marsupials in Australia and huge flightless birds, such as moas and apiornis, that lived in many areas of the southern hemisphere. The first people appeared, and many large mammals began to disappear from the face of the Earth. PLANT WORLD: Ice gradually crawled from the poles, and coniferous forests gave way to the tundra. Further from the edge of the glaciers, deciduous forests were replaced by coniferous ones. In the warmer regions of the globe there are vast steppes.
PLEISTOCENE ERA

GEOGRAPHY and CLIMATE: The Holocene began 10,000 years ago. Throughout the Holocene, the continents occupied almost the same places as they do today; the climate was also similar to the modern one, becoming warmer and colder every few millennia. Today we are experiencing one of the warming periods. As the ice sheets thinned, sea levels slowly rose. The time of the human race began. ANIMAL WORLD: At the beginning of the period, many animal species became extinct, mainly due to general climate warming, but increased human hunting for them may also have had an effect. Later, they could fall victim to competition from new species of animals brought by people from other places, or they could simply be eaten by “alien” predators. Human civilization has become more developed and spread throughout the world. PLANT WORLD: With the advent of agriculture, peasants destroyed more and more wild plants in order to clear areas for crops and pastures. In addition, plants brought by people to new areas sometimes replaced indigenous vegetation.
HOLOCENE ERA

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Completed by students of grade 11 “B”: Norova Maria Shafieva Alena Berezovskaya Alena Kazakova Svetlana

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Cenozoic - the era of new life. It lasts 67 million years and is divided into two unequal periods - Tertiary (Paleogene and Neogene) and Quaternary (Anthropocene).

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During the Paleogene, the continents were still in motion as the "great southern continent" Gondwana continued to break apart. South America was now completely cut off from the rest of the world and turned into a kind of floating “ark” with a unique fauna of early mammals. Paleogene. Geography Africa, India and Australia have moved even further away from each other. Throughout the Paleogene, Australia was located near Antarctica. Sea levels have dropped, and new land areas have emerged in many areas of the globe.

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PALEOGEN. ANIMAL WORLD The extinct giant reptiles and ancient birds are being replaced by mammals, which occupy a dominant position among the terrestrial vertebrate fauna. But these were still primitive forms: ancient predators (creodonts), whose ancestors were Cretaceous insectivores; ancestors of ungulates (condylarthra) - five-toed animals that had the characteristics of artiodactyls and odd-toed ungulates; the first tapirs, rodents. In the middle of the Paleogene, the hominid family appeared. The marine fauna is characterized by the development of protozoa: nummulites and orbitoids, which are rock-forming animals, sea urchins, elasmobranchs and gastropods, which provide many leading forms. Representatives of sponges, corals and other groups, although they were numerous, were not so characteristic of the Paleogene seas.

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Paleogene. Vegetable world. In the hot and humid climate that established itself after another short period of cooling at the beginning of the Paleogene, the subtropical flora spread far to the north. It was hot even beyond the Arctic Circle, so that magnolias, laurels, chestnuts and other heat-loving plants bloomed luxuriantly in Greenland and Spitsbergen. Angiosperms, or flowering plants, including monocots and dicotyledons, were at the apogee of development. Conifers continued to flourish, although the number of their genera and species decreased. Among them were species that currently grow exclusively in hot countries; this means that the climate at that time was tropical or subtropical and quite humid.

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The Neogene is divided into 2 epochs: the long Miocene and the short Pliocene. The Miocene is characterized by active volcanic activity. Huge areas of land were covered with thick lava flows. The formation of new mountains of the Alpine system was completed. All continents acquired modern borders, but were separated by sea straits. NEOGENE. Miocene era. The flora in the Miocene was close to modern. Open landscapes were quickly populated by herbaceous plants. On this basis, there was a rapid evolution of ungulates and rodents, and after them, new predators: cats, dogs, bears, raccoons, martens, etc. Apes appeared in Africa at the beginning of the Miocene, and by the end of the Miocene, the first hominids (australopithecines) emerged among them.

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NEOGENE. Pliocene Epoch During the Pliocene period, the climate became gradually drier and colder. At the end of the Pliocene, the Greenland Ice Sheet arose and glaciation began on the continents of the Northern Hemisphere; glaciation of the continents of the Southern Hemisphere also expanded. Vegetation has become more cold-resistant, and the area of ​​steppe associations has increased. Until the end of the Pliocene, the hipparion fauna continued to exist (named after the predominant species of hipparions; also included the ancestors of rhinoceroses, mastodons, giraffes, antelopes and other ungulates, some carnivores, rodents, monkeys, as well as ostriches, some birds and other vertebrates), but it was replaced by At the end of the Pliocene, real horses, elephants, etc. At the end of the Pliocene era, Pithecanthropus appears

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ANTHROPOGEN The Quaternary period, or Anthropocene - the geological period, the modern stage of the history of the Earth, ends with the Cenozoic (at the moment). It began 2.6 million years ago and continues to this day. This is the shortest geological period, but it was in the Quaternary period that most modern landforms were formed, and many significant events occurred in the history of the Earth (from a human point of view), the most important of which: the Ice Age and the appearance of man.

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The time of the great glaciations, in this geological period, harsh glacial periods alternated with relatively warm interglacial periods. In general, the Pleistocene climate during interglacials is almost identical to the modern one, but the animal world differs. Pleistocene So, for example, at the end of the Pleistocene, many representatives of the tundra-steppe or South American pampas became extinct (partly due to climate change, partly due to hunting by ancient people).

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In South America, the armadillo Dedicurus, the giant saber-toothed cat, and the sloth Megatherium have disappeared. In North America, the last representative of tyrant birds, Waller's Titanis, and dozens of species of native ungulates, including American horses, camels, steppe peccaries, various deer, pronghorn antelope and bulls, are disappearing. The tundra-steppe of Eurasia and partly Alaska/Canada has lost such animals as the mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, big-horned deer, cave bear and cave lion. In addition, Neanderthals could not withstand the competition with Cro-Magnons and died out (perhaps they were exterminated by them).

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About 70 years ago, the climate became somewhat warmer (this is usually associated with human industrial activity, which supposedly caused global warming), the North American and Eurasian continental glaciers melted, and the Arctic ice sheet disintegrated. About 25 years ago, the development of genetics and genetic engineering began (further progress of this science may make it possible to resurrect some extinct species of Pleistocene animals). The Holocene continues to this day.

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