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Pliocene Epoch: 5,300,000 to 2,600,000 BP*
* early hominids, diversification of grazing mammals

Pleistocene Epoch: 2,600,000 to 11,700 BP
* mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed tigers thrive until mass extinctions from possible impact event/human intervention

Holocene Epoch: 11,700 BP to 240 BP
* rise of human agricultural society, major shifts in animal distribution, mass domestication

Anthropocene Epoch: 240 BP to 50 AP*
* industrial revolution, mass extinctions, general dimfuckery

Misanthropocene Epoch: 50 AP to 350 AP
* genetic uplift, dashing and heroic space tigers, solar colonization/diversification, development of really _good_ marinades for humans, who's got saberteeth now motherfuckers

*(years Before/After Present)

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