Alderton - Red Crag

Pliocene

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE: Continents in their present positions, Climate cools.

TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL LIFE: crazing hoofed animals successful. mammals mostly as they are today. Human ancestors appear in Africa. Rats arrive.

PLANT LIFE: Grasslands.

SEA LIFE: Whales.

Miocene

GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE: ice covers Antarctica. Sea levels fall. Himalayas rockies and Andies rise

TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL LIFE: Mammals of their most diverse. Saber-toothed cats, monkeys and apes. Migrations of elephant from Africa to Eurasia Cats, cattle, giraffes and pigs migrate the other way. Marsupials and monotremes in Australia.

PLANT LIFE: Extensive grasslands.

SEA LIFE: Whales.