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Line 1: − According to [[theory of evolution|evolutionary]] scientists, the Paleocene epoch (period of time) dated from dated from 65 million years ago at the [[K-T Event]] at the end of the [[Jurassic]]. + − Evolutionists assert that [[Mammals]] which had first appeared during the [[Triassic]] now had the opportunity to take over many ecological niches left vacant by the [[dinosaurs]].+ − + − + + + + + + + + + + + − −
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The '''Paleocene''' epoch (period of time) dates from approximately 65 million years ago, the time of the [[K-T Event]] at the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period, in which the [[dinosaur]]s and many other groups of preistoric animals became extinct, until the start of the [[Eocene]] epoch 55 million years ago, when a major [[global warming]] event <ref>http://www.palmod.uni-bremen.de/FB5/geochron/Robert/RPSpeb.html</ref> triggered further mass extinctions.
== Geography and climate ==
== Young earth creationist scientists view ==
Geographically, in the [[Northern hemisphere]], the supercontinent [[Laurasia]] remained a single entity, but the former supercontinent [[Gondwanaland]] had already split into the four [[Southern hemisphere]] [[continent]]s we have today. The epoch was slightly cooler than the Cretaceous, but still sufficient to permit the growth of subtropical vegetation at high latitudes, mostly of modern species or closely related forms. Flowering plants proliferated.
[[Young earth creationist]] scientists believe that the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] [[Geology|geological]] timescale is in error. <ref>http://www.trueorigin.org/geocolumn.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=54</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref> These scientists believe that the earth is young and has multiple lines of evidence from the field of geology showing that the earth is young. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/topbar/geology.htm</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/gr11.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nwcreation.net/geologylinks.html</ref><ref>http://globalflood.org/</ref> Also, young earth creationist scientists assert that there is an abundance of scientific arguments in addition to geology showing the earth and universe are both approximately 6,000 years in age.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/young.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/article/1842/</ref> In addition, these scientists have a number of arguments against the position of an extremely old age for the earth and the universe.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dating.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/modules.php?name=Read&cat=1&itemid=22</ref>
== Biology ==
Despite the extinction of the dinosaurs, the warm climate still favoured large numbers of smaller reptiles, including many [[crocodile]]s. Many modern bird types appeared for the first time. Huge, flightless carnivorous [[Terror birds]] up to ten feet tall, such as ''Diatryma'', were among the major land predators of the epoch. [[Shark]]s replaced the extinct marine reptiles as the top sea predators.
The Paleocene is notable for the diversification and domination of mammals for the first time; they were generally small, but included representative of all three living mammalian sub-classes, [[monotreme]]s, [[marsupial]]s and [[placental mammal]]s, as well as the extinct [[multituberculate]]s, small [[herbivore]]s up to the size of a [[beaver]] found in the Northern hemisphere only <ref>http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/multis.htm</ref>.
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== Young earth creationists view ==
[[Young earth creationist]]s believe that the [[Theory of evolution|evolutionary]] [[Geology|geological]] timescale is in error. <ref>http://www.trueorigin.org/geocolumn.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=54</ref><ref>http://www.allaboutcreation.org/geologic-time-scale.htm</ref> They believe that the earth is young and has multiple lines of evidence from the field of geology showing that the earth is young. <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp</ref><ref>http://www.creationism.org/topbar/geology.htm</ref><ref>http://www.grisda.org/georpts/gr11.htm</ref><ref>http://www.nwcreation.net/geologylinks.html</ref><ref>http://globalflood.org/</ref> Also, young earth creationists assert that there is an abundance of scientific arguments in addition to geology showing the earth and universe are both approximately 6,000 years in age.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/young.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.icr.org/article/1842/</ref> In addition, they have a number of arguments against the position of an extremely old age for the earth and the universe.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dating.asp</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/astronomy.asp</ref><ref>http://www.apologeticspress.org/modules.php?name=Read&cat=1&itemid=22</ref>
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