Mammal Takeover!: Journey through the Cenozoic Era
Ugh how did my ancestors ever survive in the Ice Age How are humans still so bad at dealing with cold weather What's that Miss Lernin Are those questions about human evolution I hear Have you been in the snow this whole time Yeah I've just been making tunnels Really important grown up stuff Anyway you were wondering about the dawn of humanity en I was Didn't humans evolve in an ice age Why don't We have better traits for staying warm when it's cold outside Why have my ancestors failed me 2
Giant bugs now times The first humans evolved in Africa which was quite warm at the time and definitely not covered in ice That is true we did evolve during the current ice age but that doesn't mean we evolved in a place where we needed to handle cold temperatures Though I suppose Earth was cooler at the time than it was when the dinosaurs died out and during the millions of years after that Those were some pretty warm years OF LIFE Wait there were millions of years between the dinosaurs dying out and the Ice Age TIMELINE FLOPPY LANO ANIMALS ICE AGE dinosaurs WEIRO OCEAN And it was warm Oh yes many many millions of years passed between those two events T take me to these warm times Soon after the dinosaurs died out the Earth was There were rainforests a tropical wonderland all the way to the poles teeming with some of the most fascinating ancient beasts the ancestors of all the mammals and birds and reptiles we live alongside today 3
Compost Oh are you interested in learning about the origins of our modern era Would you like to see how the animals we share the world with came to be and how we ourselves hopped down from the trees and started building society as we know it That does sound like a very educational and exciting and warm journey so yes Show me these ancestors so I can yell at them for not evolving to be warmer in cold weather Then let us away Wow it's not even a trash can this time How lovely Oh I see After you Sorry Ronnie I don't make the Science Magic rules Well at least it doesn't have actual trash in it like last time
Before We begin our journey let's set the stage The strange time before the dinosaurs is called the Paleozoic era PALEOZOIC then came the Mesozoic era which is when dinosaurs and mammals evolved MESOZOIC CENOZOIC and the third and final era is called the Cenozoic SEE nun 20 ik It's the shortest of the eras of life starting 66 million years ago and continuing to present day For reference dinosaurs ruled the world for about 175 million years So 66 million is not much by comparison I guess this is You'd think but the gonna be a quick Cenozoic is jam packed visit then with interesting critters There are going to be so many amazing things to see FIRST Cran DINOSAUR GG MYA 5
