Group items tagged neogene - ASW 8 Science C Block

shared by Solomon Senrick on 25 Jan 16 - No Cached

India continued its slow-moving collision with Asia, which had already started the giant push-up of the Himalaya that continues today. Italy pushed into Europe, giving rise to the Alps. Spain butted France, and the Pyrenees rose.
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Elephants and apes wandered from Africa to Eurasia. Rabbits, pigs, saber-toothed cats, and rhinos went to Africa
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In the oceans, a new type of large brown algae, called kelp, latched onto rocks and corals in cool shallow waters, establishing a new habitat favored by sea otters and dugongs, a marine mammal related to the elephant. Sharks grew and dominated the seas once
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shared by Solomon Senrick on 26 Jan 16 - No Cached

presented in the collection: Cretaceous reptiles, including an impressive dinosaur co
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Our Fossil Plant Collection is a small but important representation of Canadian flora, particularly from the Cretaceous and Neogene (during what was formerly known as the Tertiary).
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Neogene mammals
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shared by benjamink12 on 26 Jan 16 - No Cached

shared by benjamink12 on 26 Jan 16 - No Cached

Found between 3.85 and 2.95 million years ago in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania),
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Similar to chimpanzees, Au. afarensis children grew rapidly after birth and reached adulthood earlier than modern humans. This meant Au. afarensis had a shorter period of growing up than modern humans have today, leaving them less time for parental guidance and socialization during childhood.
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Au. afarensis had both ape and human characteristics: members of this species had apelike face proportions (a flat nose, a strongly projecting lower jaw) and braincase (with a small brain, usually less than 500 cubic centimeters -- about 1/3 the size of a modern human brain)
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