and power both continents through gigantic hydroelectric megaprojects. What he did not know was that his dream had already come true at the end of the Miocene era, 5.5 million years ago ...

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.

Japan Sea element plants are generally thought to have evolved from closely related species on the Pacific side. Camellia japonica and Camellia rusticana were also believed to follow this pattern.

Around 6 million years ago, between the Miocene and Pliocene epochs—or ... desiccated salt plain between the European and African continents. Until, that is, this roughly 600,000-year-long ...