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Explore the Evolution
of the Delaware Bay
Select any of the time periods
above to explore the history of
Delaware Bay's evolution over
the last 11,000 years! |
Generally mild climate with
small-scale
climatic shifts |
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Continents have their current shape |
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Most current species |
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Most current species |
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Homo sapiens |
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The Holocene is the name given to the last 11,000 years of the Earth's history -- the time since the end of the last major glacial epoch, or "ice age." Since then, there have been small-scale climate shifts but in general, the Holocene has been a relatively warm period in between ice ages.
Most flora and fauna seen today were already developed by the beginning of the Holocene. Homo sapiens had already evolved and spread throughout the globe by the end of the Pleistocene, but it is the Holocene that has witnessed all of humanity's recorded history. |
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