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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