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adj - of or pertaining to a certain geologic time period
NEOGENE - The Neogene ( ) (informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleo...
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| Part of the Cenozoic era |
| Latter part of the Tertiary period |
| Period of the Cenozoic Era |
| 23 million year stretch during the Cenozoic era |
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| Apr 20 2019 Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate |
| Mar 27 2011 New York Times |
| Oct 28 2006 New York Times |
| May 26 2006 Ink Well xwords |
| Jan 10 2003 New York Times |
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| Relating to or denoting the later division of the Tertiary period, comprising the Miocene and Pliocene epochs. |
| from or referring to the period of time between about 22 and 2.5 million years ago, in which many modern mammals and the earliest forms of humans appeared: |
| the Neogene period |
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The Neogene ( ) (informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period 23.03 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period 2.58 Mya. The Neogene is sub-divided into two epochs, the earlier Miocene and the later Pliocene. Some geologists assert that the Neogene cannot be clearly delineated from the modern geological period, the Quaternary. * During this period, mammals and birds continued to evolve into roughly modern forms, while other groups of life remained relatively unchanged. Early hominids, the ancestors of humans, appeared in Africa near the end of the period. Some continental movement took place, the most significant event being the connection of North and South America at the Isthmus of Panama, late in the Pliocene. This cut off the warm ocean currents from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, leaving only the Gulf Stream to transfer heat to the Arctic Ocean. The g |