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| Pli·o·cene [ pl ə sn ] or Plei·o·cene [ pl ə sn ] |
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Pliocene epoch or rocks: the epoch of geologic time, 5 million to 1.6 million years ago, during which a hominid species Homo erectus first appeared
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| [Mid-19th century. < Greek pleiōn "more" + kainos "recent," because it is later than the Miocene] |
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