THE QUATERNARY ERA

IN THE BEGINNIING

• The quaternary period began 2.6 million years ago
• It is the current time period that we are in.
• In this time period, the glaciers from the previous ice age are starting to melt and land is forming.
• The first Primates are on the Earth and the first hooved animals have evolved.

CLIMATE

• The climate of this time period was cold
• The Earth was warming up from the previous ice age.
• The glaciers were melting which was causing land to form and the earth to heat up.

PLANT-LIFE

• There was not much plant life on the earth at this time because the earth was still covered in ice.
• There was some vegetation but it was all evergreen plants that could endure the cold weather.
• If there was any of plants on the Earth they were frozen in the ice.

ANIMALS

• After the ice melted, the animals that were still alive, evolved.
• The first Primates had appeared on Earth which will evolve into the humans of present time.
• Animals from the Tertiary period have evolved as well and the first sign of hooved animals are on the Earth.

BY: CADE PETERSON