Ebook: After the dinosaurs: the age of mammals

Introduction -- The end of the dinosaurs? -- Brave new world: the Paleocene -- Dawn of the recent: the Eocene -- The icehouse cometh: the Oligocene -- The Savanna story: the Miocene -- The world in transition: the Pliocene -- Ice time: the Pleistocene -- Our interglacial: the Holocene.;"Their story is part of a larger story of a world emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic, warming up dramatically about 55 million years ago, and then cooling rapidly so the 33 million years ago the glacial ice returned. During this time, the Earth's vegetation went through equally dramatic changes, from tropical jungles in Montana and forests at the poles, to grasslands and savannas across the entire world. Life in the sea also underwent striking evolution reflecting global climate change, including the emergence of such creatures as giant sharks, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and whales." "After the Dinosaurs is a book for everyone who has an abiding fascination with the remarkable life of the past."--Jacket.