Pli|o|cene

Pli|o|cene
Pli|o|cene «PLY uh seen», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a geological epoch marked by the appearance of the first manlike apes, the rising of mountains in western America, and the migration of mammals between continents. The Pliocene is the last epoch of the Tertiary period of the Cenozoic era, after the Miocene. »

We must of course have had direct ancestors during the Pliocene (Alfred L. Kroeber).

2. the rocks formed in this epoch.
–adj.
of this epoch or its rocks: »

Pliocene beds.

Also, Pleiocene.
╂[< Greek pleíōn more, comparative of polýs much + kainós recent]

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