Synonyms for pliocene
ˈplaɪ əˌsinpliocene

Princeton's WordNet

1. Pliocene, Pliocene epochnoun

   from 13 million to 2 million years ago; growth of mountains; cooling of climate; more and larger mammals

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1. Fredrick Kyalo Manthi:

   The discovery of Nanopithecus browni reaffirms Kenyas contribution to understanding the evolution and diversity of Pliocene fauna and the environmental contexts in which they lived, environmental changes during the Plio-Pleistocene may have influenced the present-day distribution of guenons.

2. Yohannes Haile-Selassie:

   The new species is yet another confirmation that Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, was not the only potential human ancestor species that roamed in what is now the Afar region of Ethiopia during the middle Pliocene, current fossil evidence from the Woranso-Mille study area clearly shows that there were at least two, if not three, early human species living at the same time and in close geographic proximity.