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Miocene epoch   /mˈaɪəsˌin ˈɛpək/   Listen
Miocene epoch

noun
1.
From 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals.  Synonym: Miocene.






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"Miocene epoch" Quotes from Famous Books



... strata, perhaps a little earlier. The existence of Homo sapiens in the Quaternary epoch is also certain. Evidence has been adduced in favour of man's existence in the Pliocene, or even in the Miocene epoch. It does not satisfy me; but I have no reason to doubt that the fact may be so, nevertheless. Indeed, I think it is quite possible that further research will show that Homo sapiens existed, not only before Equus caballus, ...
— The Interpreters of Genesis and the Interpreters of Nature - Essay #4 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" • Thomas Henry Huxley



Words linked to "Miocene epoch" :   epoch, Tertiary period, tertiary



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