For prehistory fans, the Miocene, with its fantastic mammal life, is an immensely attractive period. From Dryopithecus, a lineage of extinct primates that included forerunners of humans, to the ...

Between the surface waters and the atmosphere, air-sea gas exchange occurs ... for deeper-living fish, creatures, etc.,” Crichton explained. “In the warmer Miocene, less food at depth ...