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Pliocene Epoch (5.332–2.588 Ma) Geologic Time Scale, Homo Habilis, Prehistoric Wildlife, Prehistoric World, Terra Nova, Ancient Animals, Paleo Art, Extinct Animals, Dinosaur Art

The Neogene* encompasses two epochs, beginning with the Miocene (23.03-5.33 Mya) and followed by the Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Mya). The Pleistocene (also known as the "Ice age"), occurred 2.58 mya and ended 11.7000 years ago. It is followed by the current epoch, the Holocene, beginning eleven thousand five hundred years ago are now (2022). Both the Pleistocene and the Holocene are

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Mammoths had a hump on their back just behind the skull.  What was the purpose of this hump?Gene analysis suggests that much like the camel, the hump on the mammoth served as a place for fat reserves, built up during the summer and used during the winter. -- Answer: To store fat for the cold winter -- #Science Wooly Mammoth, Ancient Animals, Les Continents, Asian Elephant, Wakayama, Extinct Animals, Rare Animals, Animal Species, Prehistoric Animals

Mammoths had a hump on their back just behind the skull. What was the purpose of this hump?Gene analysis suggests that much like the camel, the hump on the mammoth served as a place for fat reserves, built up during the summer and used during the winter. -- Answer: To store fat for the cold winter -- #Science

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What are the periods of life on earth broken into? | Socratic Geologic Time Scale, History Of Earth, 10 Interesting Facts, Mind Blowing Facts, Geology Rocks, Life On Earth, Earth Science, History Facts, Planet Earth

Earliest cellular life on earth evolved about 3.5 billion years ago during precambrian time from protobionts/coacervates. Life then amazingly diversified through natural selection till recently. **Geological history of earth is studied by dividing it in eons, then further dividing eons in eras, era in periods, period in epochs. Life appeared in Archaeozoic eon. Multicellular life appeared during Proterozoic eon. Currently it is Phanerozoic eon, that started about 540 million years ago. The…

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