What era are we in? Geologists have redefined the present age that human civilization is living in, deciding to call the last 4,200 years the "Meghalayan Age." This new classification will help ...

This is What Earth Was Like During the Cenozoic Era. Posted: May 30, 2025 | Last updated: June 6, 2025. The curious minds at What If take a journey through the Earth during the Cenozoic era.

That puts Megatooth, and probably some of its ancestors, at the top step of the prehistoric food chain when it stalked the seas during the Cenozoic era, which began about 66 million years ago and ...

Learn about Earth's Paleogene period and the beginning of the Cenozoic era. Bones of a Basilosaurus, a genus of early whales that lived in the Eocene, the second epoch of the Paleocene era.

After the dinosaurs disappeared, the world saw an explosion of birds and mammals. But a study suggests a burst of new snakes appeared, too, with diets to match the newly expanding array of animals.

Drill cores can be used to determine past environmental conditions in a similar way to tree rings. ... Enhanced ocean oxygenation during Cenozoic warm periods. Nature, 2022; 609 (7925): ...

EarlyHumans. The Woolly Mammoth: A Legend of the Cenozoic Era. Posted: June 19, 2025 | Last updated: June 19, 2025. Woolly mammoths were vital to early humans, shaping ecosystems and survival on ...

The Cenozoic marks the rise of organisms that look a lot like us. After taking you on a journey through geologic time, we've arrived at the Cenozoic Era.