Late Miocene to Holocene
11 million years ago to present
The Late Miocene through Holocene covers the final chapters of natural history before human civilization, including the ice ages, the megafauna extinctions, and the rise of modern humans.
Fun Facts
- âThis interval saw the rise and fall of the ice age megafauna: woolly mammoths, giant ground sloths, and saber-toothed cats.
- âModern humans first appeared about 300,000 years ago during this interval.
- âHuman activities have caused a mass extinction during the Holocene, the current epoch.