What Earth Looked Like 1 Million Years Ago?
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old or 4500 million years old. Considering this, one million years is not that much. Even so, the Earth was very different from now.
One million years ago, during the time of The Pleistocene Epoch, the Earth was in the midst of The Last Ice Age. This started 2.6 million years ago and lasted until about 11.700 years ago. Because of the amount of frozen water, the level of the oceans would have been lower. This means that much more land would have been exposed.
More than that, the two ice caps would have been much bigger that they are today. It is estimated that the sea level would have been 125 meters lower that it is today. Therefore, a much bigger portion of land was available to be used by the living species from that period.
One million years ago, the British Isles were completely connected with the rest of the Europe. The Baltic Sea was from another story, a much more recent one. The Mediterranean Sea was looking different than it looks today. Africa and The Arabian Peninsula were connected by a huge lake.
Canada and the North America were completely covered in ice. Speaking of United States…
