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Prehistoric City: Toronto Through the Ages

What was happening here hundred of millions of years ago?

By Daniel Sellers • Illustrations by Chloe CushmanApr. 12th, 10:32 am

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Prehistoric Toronto: The Torontoceros

The 1976 discovery of a unique fossil below west-end Bloor Street tells us that an extinct and little-known deer once called Toronto home.

By Daniel Sellers • Illustration by Chloe CushmanApr. 5th, 10:00 am

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Prehistoric Toronto: Glacial Lake Iroquois

As the last Ice Age glacier retreated from above Toronto, its meltwater, for a time, overwhelmed the city.

By Daniel Sellers • Illustration by Chloe CushmanMar. 28th, 4:15 pm

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Prehistoric Toronto: The Ice Age

Throughout the world, the Pleistocene epoch was known for its giant mammals. Toronto was no exception.

By Daniel Sellers • Illustrations by Chloe CushmanMar. 22nd, 10:30 am

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Prehistoric Toronto: The Missing Rock Record

All manner of fantastical creature populated the Earth for 450 million years between the mid-Paleozoic and late-Cenozoic eras. Unfortunately, placing any of them in Toronto is simply impossible.

By Daniel Sellers • Illustration by Chloe CushmanMar. 14th, 9:00 am

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Prehistoric Toronto: The Paleozoic Era

A brave creature crawls across a primeval seafloor that will one day be Toronto.

By Daniel Sellers • Illustration by Chloe CushmanMar. 7th, 1:30 pm

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