Message #97515

[Baphomet]

7.99: modern orders of mammals diverge []
7.98: coccoliths create chalk-beds (eg Dover)
7.97: seafloor ooze creates oil (eg Arabia, Venezuela)
7.96 = 90,000,000 years BC
7.95: global warming? []
7.94: LEMUR-LIKE HUMAN ANCESTOR [] [more]
7.93
7.92
7.91 = 80,000,000 years BC
7.90: 1st Hawaiian islands []

7.89
7.88
7.87: land bridge between e Asia and w N Amer
7.86
7.85 = 70,000,000 years BC
7.84: T rex, velociraptors
7.83
7.82: KT extinction event (probably meteorite in Yucatan) []
7.81: Paleocene epoch []
7.80: seas retreat, icecaps grow

7.79: rodents; carnivorous proto-lions/bears
7.78 = 60,000,000 years BC
7.77: collision of India and Asia will create Himalayas [] [more]
7.76: methane release? []; CO2 peaks []
7.75: cats and dogs diverge
7.74: Eocene epoch []
7.73: bats
7.72: daylight moths become butterflies []
7.71: sea levels rise, land inundated
7.70 = 50,000,000 BC: oceans cool

7.69: giant birds eat tiny horses []
7.68: pig-sized proto-elephants
7.67
7.66: whales diverge from hippos []
7.65
7.64
7.63: eosimians []
7.62
7.61 = 40,000,000 years BC: rabbits
7.60: temperatures plummet

7.59: Oligocene epoch []; global cooling
7.58: Asian mammals invade Europe as inland seas dry up
7.57: loons, albatrosses, herons, and penguins diverge
7.56: squirrels in N America []
7.55: 1st grasses reproduce w/o flowers, resist fire and grazing
7.54: giant meteorite impact in Chesapeake Bay []
7.53
7.52: glaciation of Antarctica [] [more]
7.51: S Amer and Australia split from Antarctica
7.50: African monkeys invade S Amer (across ocean?)

7.49: kiwis []
7.48 = 30,000,000 years BC: squirrels in Europe []
7.47: dolphin brains comparable in size to modern humans' []
7.46: ape-like jaws and teeth at Fayum, Egypt
7.45: Japan splits from mainland
7.44: apes and monkeys diverge (lose tails, swing from branches)
7.43
7.42
7.41: Miocene epoch [] sea levels fall
7.40: sex-related Tre2 mutation in primate line []

7.39: dodos diverge []
7.38: modern whales
7.37: mtn-building in Himalayas, Rockies, Andes
7.36: orbital anomaly extends Antarctica's glaciers []
7.35
7.34: dryopithecus in Kenya
7.33
7.32
7.31: 1st deer
7.30 = 20,000,000 yrs BC: 1st Galapagos islands []

7.29: 1st antelopes; Africa collides w/Eurasia []
7.28: (elephants and apes enter Eurasia from Africa)
7.27: (cats, cattle, giraffes, pigs from Eurasia to Africa)
7.26: dryopithecus proconsul []
7.25
7.24: Africa's Rift Valley begins to split
7.23
7.22
7.21: dryopithecus in Germany []
7.20: giant lavaflows in Oregon

7.19: Mediterranean re-separates Europe from Africa? []
7.18 = 15,000,000 yrs BC: meteorite in Germany
7.17: orangutan-like ramapithecus from Kenya to India
7.16
7.15: widespread volcanism
7.14
7.13
7.12
7.11
7.10 = 12,500,000 yrs BC

7.09
7.08
7.07
7.06
7.05
7.04: grazing mammals
7.03: low sea-levels []
7.02: short-toothed horses extinct in N Amer []
7.01: gorillas in forests of central Africa; orangutans
7.00 = 10,000,000 yrs BC: Alps building