Our current geologic period, the Cenozoic era or the “Age of Mammals”, began 65Ma with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. The current ice age, the Quaternary glaciation, ...

The woolly mammoth once roamed the vast frozen landscapes of the Cenozoic Era. This video explores the life, dominance, and eventual extinction of one of the most iconic Ice Age creatures.

During an ice age, ... For the Cenozoic period, which began about 70 million years ago and continues today, evidence derived from marine sediments provide a detailed, ...

The Cenozoic era began about 65 million years ago and continues into the present. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ... Pleistocene Epoch: Facts About the Last Ice Age; ...

The Holocene began at the end of the last Ice Age, when glaciers started retreating. In that time, humans learned how to farm, built cities, and started launching rockets into space.

One important moment in geologic time was the transition from the Mesozoic era to the Cenozoic era ... The Holocene epoch began about 12,000 years ago when Earth began warming after the last ice age.

This cave is in Ningwu county, Shanxi province at an elevation of 2, 300 meters above sea level and was formed during the ice age in the cenozoic period, about three million years ago. It is ...