NEOGENE PERIOD

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• Time range: 23.03 to 2.588 million years ago
• Previous geologic period: quartanary
• Following ecological period: paleogene

CLIMATE

• The climate was fair in the beginning until the Ice Age started

TEMPRATURE

• Tempratures started off warm until some land movement
• Which cut off warmth of the ocean and caused glaciers

CONTINENTS

• The continents were very close to their positions.
• The isthmus of panama slowly connected North America to South America

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LIFE

• Mammals and birds were alive during this period.
• Early hominids began in Africa.

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