We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time period known as the Miocene, just before our lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees and bonobos.

A new prehistoric dolphin species has been discovered ... The animal lived around 22 million years ago in a coastal area of the Miocene Paratethys Sea in what is now Upper Austria, with a variety ...

Some species that lived during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs grew to the size of today's wolves and jaguars and were able to hunt animals the size of deer and horses. Illustrator Csotonyi ...

The Museum's fossil mammal collection contains an estimated 250,000 specimens ... large collections from the Miocene and Pleistocene of East Africa and major holdings of Oligocene material from the ...

The dolphin was given the scientific name of Miodelphinus miensis, which means “a dolphin from Mie's Miocene epoch ... “I never thought it was a new species. I was surprised.” ...

Early Miocene to Recent, Europe, North America ... An excellent account of the taxonomy of the recent species is given by David & Laurin (1996), and an excellent palaeoecological study of one species ...

If Böhme’s group is correct, Hammerschmiede represents the first locale outside Africa to have hosted two Miocene great ape species at the same time. The Miocene Epoch extended from about 23 ...