Quaternary Period
What new species came up that dominated the whole Earth?
Humans
What was the land like?
Mostly tropical
What famous human ancestor was found in the Holocene Epoch?
The Caveman
What was the climate like in the Miocene Epoch?
Nice and warm
What was the name of the time in which most of the Earth was under ice?
The Ice Age
How long ago did the Tertiary Period began?
66 million years ago
What is the nickname of the Holocene Epoch?
What animal made it's first appearance in the Miocene Epoch?
The Megalodon
When did the Quaternary Period start?
2.58 million years ago
What thrived the most during the Tertiary Period?
Mammals
How long ago did the Holocene Epoch start.
11,700 years
What 2 biomes came to be during the Miocene Epoch?
Kelp forest and grassland
What animals were mentioned on the poster?
The cave bear, dodo bird, mammoth, mastodon, and the saber toothed tiger.
What species became extinct in the Tertiary Period?
What was the name of the oldest ever found caveman?
Cheddar Man
What was the nickname of the Miocene Epoch?
The Age of Grassland Creatures
What two Epochs were in the Quaternary Period?
Holocene and Pleistocene
What epochs were in the Tertiary Period?
Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, and the Pliocene.
What globe problems caused many species to go extinct in the Holocene Epoch?
Climate change and global warming
What was the Megalodon's average size? In meters and feet.
10.2 meters, 33 feet