Neogene Neogene Period Climate
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1 Neogene Period Neogene Climate Pleistocene Ice Age!! Glacial/Interglacial Cycles Last Deglaciation Ecologic Succession and Palynology
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Neogene PeriodNeogeneClimate
Pleistocene Ice Age!! Glacial/Interglacial Cycles
Last Deglaciation Ecologic Succession and Palynology
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Vegetation Patterns What Caused the Pleistocene Ice Age?Tectonic Influence!
What Caused the Pleistocene Ice Age? Western Margin Tectonics
PlioceneTectonic Features
Yellowstone Hotspot
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Modern San Andreas (and other) Faulting Back East…
Eurasian Tectonics Formation of the Himalayans
Formation of the Himalayans Neogene Life
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The Grass/Weed/Rodent/Snake Story Grassland Fauna
Shift in Grasses!The Great American
Interchange of Mammals!Another Consequence ofthe Isthmus of Panama
The Hominid FamilyLucy:
Australopithecusafarensis
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Evolution of Brain CapacityHomo
neanderthalensis
Homo sapienCro-Magnons