Introduction

In this first Post, we shall give a brief introduction of our time period. The Neogene Period was a time of big changes for the earth. The climate became cooler and drier. Grasslands replaced forests. The animals had to adapt to these changing conditions or face extinction. It was also the period where Human civilization began and when the last Ice Age. The first humans (Homo sapiens) evolve, while all around them Mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, and other Pleistocene megafauna live. A mass extinction of large mammals and many birds happened about 10,000 years ago, probably caused by the end of the last ice age. First hominids (australopithecines). Modern forms of whales and Megalodon swam the seas. More mammals, including the horses, dogs and bears and modern birds. Truly, this period was, and still is, filled with great change and excitement. Our second post shall talk about our first topic, which is the climate of the Neogene Era.