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Break-up of Pangaea into today's continents

Break-up of Pangaea into today's continents (175 million y)

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Break-up of Pangaea into today's continents (175 million y)

  • is 2/5 of Time since the end of the Ordovician geologic period (444 million y)...more
  • is 500 x Age of earliest Neanderthal fossils (350,000 y)...more
  • is 5000 x Age of the earliest cave paintings (35,000 y)...more

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