jan 1, 8000 BC - The Quaternary extinction event, which has been ongoing since the mid-Pleistocene, concludes.
Description:
Many of the ice age megafauna go extinct, including the megatherium, woolly rhinoceros, Irish elk, cave bear, cave lion, and the last of the sabre-toothed cats. The mammoth goes extinct in Eurasia and North America, but is preserved in small island populations until ~1650 BC.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_extinction_event
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Date:
jan 1, 8000 BC
Now
~ 10032 years ago