Tuesday, April 27, 2021

15 Mya to 10 Mya(?)

 15 Mya to 10 Mya


13.82 Mya: Neogene, Miocene, Serravaillan: Warmer climate during Middle Miocene.


12 Mya: About this time there was a massive, explosive volcanic eruption on the border of what is now Argentina and Bolivia. Cerro Panizos of the Altiplano Puna volcanic complex.

11.830 Mya: About this time a massive, explosive volcanic eruption occurred at what is now the Bruneau/Jarbridge, Yellowstone hotspot in Idaho, USA. It was responsible for the Ashfall Fossil Beds 1,600 km to the east.


11.63 Mya: Neogene, Miocene, Tortonian: Gradual separation of human and chimpanzee ancestors. Sahelanthropus tchadensis in Africa. 


11.7 Mya, Greenlandia Age of the Holocene Epoch: Current interglacial begins. Sea level flooding of  Doggerland and Sundaland. Sahara desert forms. Neolithic agriculture was practiced.(?)




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1,000,000 BP to 500,000 BP

1,000,000 BP to 500,000 BP 780,000 BP: Erath's magnetic field switched polarities and may well have caught the attention of giants