The National SAFEKIDS Campaign recommends that no child under the age of 12 be left at home alone. However, consider a child's age and maturity level. For example, if a child is extremely impulsive, it might be best to wait until he or she is older than 12.
Did people and dinosaurs live at the same time? No! After the dinosaurs died out, nearly 65 million years passed before people appeared on Earth. However, small mammals (including shrew-sized primates) were alive at the time of the dinosaurs.
146 to 65 million years ago. 1  Pangaea continued to separate into smaller continents. 2  A wide variety of dinosaurs roamed the land. 3  Birds flourished and spread all over the globe. 4  Flowering plants developed. 5  Mammals flourished. 6  Dinosaurs became extinct by the end of the period. The extinction, the second largest of all time, marked the end of the Age of Reptiles and the beginning of the Age of Mammals. Dinosaurs that lived during the Cretaceous period include: