Summary:
- The Cenozoic began around 65.5 million years ago.
- It is the most recent era of geologic time.
- The plate tectonics of the Cenzoic are still going on today.
- Subduction of the Farallon plate has resulted in the formation of the Rocky Mountains and the San Andreas Fault.
- The Pleistocene ice ages guided the evolution of life, including the emergence of humans.
- The remnants of the last advance of glaciers are found today in the Alps and the Himalayas.