Welcome To The Cenozoic Era!
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The Rocky Mountains formed 55 million years ago. They formed several miles away from the very edge of the plate.
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Himalayas formed about 35 million years ago. The Himalayas formed because the tectonic plates made the land that is now the India break off.
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The continents moved to these exact places 30 million years ago. The global climate was much warmer during the Cenozoic, than it is today.
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Ice Age, thick glaciers advance and retreat over much of North America and Europe. This happened 10,000 years ago.