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- Mesolithic (2380 bytes)
6: :[[Neolithic]]
7: :'''Mesolithic''' or [[Epipaleolithic]]<br>
11: |[[Pleistocene]]<br>
12: :[[Paleolithic]]<br>
14: ...uch conditions also delayed the coming of the Neolithic until as late as 4000 BC in Northern Europe. - Hippopotamus (6778 bytes)
17: ...t other males. Male hippos challenge one another with threatening gapes.
19: ... capturing this animal was in the [[Sais, Egypt|Saite nome]] ([[Pliny's Natural History|N.H.]] 28.121)...
22: ... estimates of its actual running speed. Some web-sites claim 18 mph (30 km/h), while others record 40 ...
28: ...eria]] and [[C?d'Ivoire]]. The other population, with a different shape to the skull, ranged until rec...
30: ...[[Cyprus]] but became extinct at the end of the [[Pleistocene]]. Whether this was caused by human intervention ... - Prehistory (4111 bytes)
1: ...before humans which is prior to the advent of [[writing]] (which marks the beginning of ''[[recorded h...
6: ...of [[Homo erectus]] c. 1.5 million years ago, or with that of [[Cro-Magnon]] around 40,000 BC.
8: ...end of prehistory is also disputed. In [[Egypt]] it is generally accepted that prehistory ended aroun...
10: Because, by definition there are no written records from prehistoric times, much of the in...
17: ...and variable according to the region in question. It includes: - Geologic time scale (26014 bytes)
1: ...y]], and uses the standard color codes of the [[United States Geologic Survey]].
3: ... spans of time on the time scale are usually delimited by major [[geology|geologic]] or [[paleontology...
7: ...gnized faunal stages than defined geologic time units.
9: ...omian]] stages in [[East Asia]] and [[Siberia]]. It is a key aspect of the work of the International ...
13: ...d, distorted, tilted, or even inverted after deposition; 2) Strata laid down at the same time in diffe... - Centuries (5606 bytes)
5: ...e]], [[pleistocene]], [[palaeolithic]] and [[logarithmic timeline]]. - Cheetah (6461 bytes)
15: ... by speed rather than by stealth or pack tactics. It is the fastest of all terrestrial animals and can...
17: ...0 to 65 [[kilogram|kg]] (90 to 140 [[pound|lb]]). Its total body length is from 112 to 135 cm (45 [[in...
20: ...It is the only cat that cannot completely retract its claws. Even when retracted, the claws remain vis...
22: ...language|Portuguese]] ''guepardo'' (also used ''chita''); and [[German language|German]] ''Gepard''.
25: ... groups, especially when they came from the same litter. - Armadillo (3358 bytes)
14: ...hey inhabit a variety of environments. In the [[United States]], the sole resident armadillo is the 9-...
16: ...nd [[arroyo]]s it generally lives and feeds near. Its diet consists mainly of [[insect]]s, grubs, and ...
18: ...tself into the undercarriage of cars passing over it. This is an example of an animal's reflex made us...
20: ...heir unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy [[bacterium]] ([[Mycobacterium...
24: ...ww.shgresources.com/tx/symbols/smallmammal/]where it is considered a pest. - List of extinct animals (3267 bytes)
2: ...ct, e.g. [[dinosaur]]s, [[pterosaur]]s and [[ammonite]]s. Many of these orders went extinct at the sam...
6: * Pleistocene [[Megafauna]]
18: See also [[List of extinct animals of the British Isles]].
22: * [[List of extinct animals of the United States]]
36: ====[[Mauritius]] and neighbouring islands ==== - Glacial motion (2558 bytes)
3: ...orward by the glacier's downhill flow faster than its rate of [[ablation]] by melting or vaporization....
5: ...cier ablates more material from its terminus than it transports into that region.
7: ...thers are advancing and therefore must be growing.It might also be mentioned that while some glaciers ...
9: During the [[Pleistocene Epoch]] (more commonly called the [[Ice Age]]) hu...
13: ...f crushed rock and sand, [[glacial landforms|depositional landforms]] were created, such as [[moraine]... - History of India (31279 bytes)
5: ...[[India]]: [[Stone Age]] rock shelters decorated with paintings. The first known permanent settlements...
8: ...ies of invasions from [[Central Asia]] followed, with the successive establishment in northern India o...
11: ...ience]], [[Indian art|Art]], [[Indian literature|literature]], [[Indian Mathematics|mathematics]], [[I...
14: ...n by the [[Vijayanagara Empire]], which declined with the 16th Century AD.
20: ...ed in India coming under the direct rule of the British crown. - Ice age (15810 bytes)
2: [[Image:Vostok-ice-core-petit.png|thumb|right|Variations in CO2, temperature an...
4: ..., ''ice age'' is used to refer to colder periods with extensive ice sheets over the [[North America]]n...
10: ...is Agassiz]] of the theory, and Agassiz published it in his book ''É´ude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]...
12: ...what were being studied were the glacial periods within the past few hundred thousand years, during th...
16: ...nt sea ice extended to or very near the equator. It has been suggested that the end of this ice age w... - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
9: ...ntry | taxon = '''''Pan'''''}}<br>{{Taxobox_authority | author = [[Lorenz Oken|Oken]] | date = [[1816]...
17: ...g in [[West Africa|West]] and [[Central Africa]]. Its cousin, the [[Bonobo]] or Pygmy Chimpanzee (''Pa...
23: ...t have been known to reach the age of 60 in captivity.
26: ...lighter in younger individuals, darkening as maturity is reached. Bonobos have longer arms and tend t...
30: ...'pan' occurring in 'chim''pan''zee' and attribute it to [[Pan (mythology)|Pan]], a rural ancient Greek... - Native American (42651 bytes)
1: ...Portrait_of_Red_Bird.jpg|thumb|A [[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
3: ...s, many of them still enduring as political communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found unde...
5: ...ter share their cultural and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American ...
7: ...oples are enshrined in the Canadian Constitution with various treaty rights, some long established and...
9: The term Native American may be construed to either include or exclude the [[Mé´©s people (Canada)... - Neanderthal (12705 bytes)
16: ...alaeolithic]] and [[Lower Paleolithic]], in the [[Pleistocene]] epoch).
18: ...rt but robust builds and large [[nose]]. These traits are promoted by [[natural selection]] in cold [[...
20: ...an Culture]], after a prominent [[archaeological site]] where the tools were first found.
26: ... be [[bear]] remains by the workers who recovered it. The workers gave the material to amateur natural...
35: ...German pronunciation (regardless of spelling) is with the sound /t/, rather than the sound /θ/ w... - Homo erectus (3723 bytes)
19: ...modern human features, with a larger cranial capacity than that of ''[[Homo habilis]]''. The forehead ...
21: ...000 years ago. The primary innovation associated with Acheulean handaxes is that the stone was chipped...
23: ...aster]]'') was probably the first early human to fit squarely into the category of a hunter and predat...
25: ...se of fire was atypical of ''Homo erectus'' until its decline and the rise of more advanced species of... - Peking Man (2617 bytes)
2: ...d like.]] | caption = [[Zhoukoudian]] Peking Man Site - the Museum (taken in [[July 2004]]).<br>At the...
19: ...d from roughly 250,000-400,000 years ago in the [[Pleistocene]].
21: ... Man]] initially being named [[Pithecanthropus|''Pithecanthropus erectus'']] but later transferred to ...
23: ...quent researchers to rely on casts and existing writings from the original discoverers.
27: ...n was listed by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1987. - Thylacine (4846 bytes)
19: ... 1901|European settlement]] of the [[continent]], it is the largest and by far the most famous.
21: ...osely resembled the Northern Hemisphere predators it was originally named after.
23: ...ertain when the last mainland Thylacine died, but it may not have been until perhaps a thousand years ...
25: ...[[spine (anatomy)|spine]] undergoes a sudden transition about halfway along the body.
29: ... was made of the captive pacing back and forth in its enclosure. - Atlantis (41399 bytes)
1: ...e:Atlantis1.jpg|thumb|222px|right|An artistic rendition of an imaginary Atlantis]]
2: ...e in one of the cradles of civilization, the [[Mediterranean Sea]].
7: ...s learned of it from his grandfather also named Critias, son of Dropides.
10: ''Main article: [[Critias %28Plato%29]]''
12: ...(Egypt)|Thebes]], is purported to have translated it into [[Greek language|Greek]] for Solon. - Fertile Crescent (3589 bytes)
1: ...he term "Fertile Crescent" was coined by [[University of Chicago]] archeologist [[James Henry Breasted...
3: ...region extends from the eastern shore of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] around the north of the [[Syrian De...
5: ...e is also early evidence from this region for [[writing]], and the formation of [[state]]-level societ...
7: ...ended by [[irrigation]] works, upon which much of its agricultural production continues to depend. The...
9: ... [[flax]], [[chick pea]], [[pea]], [[lentil]], [[bitter vetch]]), and four of the five most important ... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...ter which is 282 feet (86 m) below [[sea level]]. It is also home to many species of [[plant]]s and [[...
3: ...sport this ore out of the Valley, helping to make it famous and the subject or set of numerous [[book]...
5: ...iment and, during the wet times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake Manly]].
9: ... Valley. The result of this shearing action is additional extension in the central part of Death Valle...
18: <td>South East [[California]], [[United States]]</td></tr>
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