Pliocene

(noun.) from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals.

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• The Pliocene was a temperate time, and many of the warmth-loving plants and animals had gone. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The position of the Eoanthropus is very uncertain: it may be as early as the Pliocene] BOOK II THE MAKING OF MEN VIII THE ANCESTRY OF MAN[20] § 1. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The implements of this period (known as the Chellean period) are a very considerable advance upon those of the Pliocene Age. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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