Elleeeee, this is so good. Thank you so much for writing it. I learned so much. It's so funny how paleontology uses such interesting sounding names for oceans and continents and eras - but they all fit so well. When I was younger I would spend hours staring at prehistoric animals and being like omg - which is one reason why I became an environmental science major (not that we learned about that at all...). The Deinotherium is pretty awesome.
Also -- this post, and generally when learning about earth history really puts in perspective how relatively new humans are and how fleeting our current world (the continents are bound to move sometime) is. Pale blue dot type of thinking, which I like.
Completely understood at the staring at prehistoric animals, they're all so so cool! You're so right on naming; I always think the name 'Carboniferous' is one of the best period names ever.
Elleeeee, this is so good. Thank you so much for writing it. I learned so much. It's so funny how paleontology uses such interesting sounding names for oceans and continents and eras - but they all fit so well. When I was younger I would spend hours staring at prehistoric animals and being like omg - which is one reason why I became an environmental science major (not that we learned about that at all...). The Deinotherium is pretty awesome.
Also -- this post, and generally when learning about earth history really puts in perspective how relatively new humans are and how fleeting our current world (the continents are bound to move sometime) is. Pale blue dot type of thinking, which I like.
Completely understood at the staring at prehistoric animals, they're all so so cool! You're so right on naming; I always think the name 'Carboniferous' is one of the best period names ever.
And yes, the continents will move again! Actually, scientists think they know how - America and Asia will crash back together in the North Atlantic. Link! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pangaea-ultima-the-next-supercontinent-may-doom-mammals-to-far-future-extinction/