Neogene Period

The Neogene ( /ˈniːəˌdʒiːn/)[6][7] (informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period 23.03 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period 2.58 Mya. The Neogene is sub-divided into two epochs, the earlier Miocene and the later Pliocene. Some geologists assert that the Neogene cannot be clearly delineated from the modern geological period, the Quaternary. The term "Neogene" was coined in 1853 by the Austrian palaeontologist Moritz Hörnes (1815–1868).

During this period, mammals and birds continued to evolve into roughly modern forms, while other groups of life remained relatively unchanged. Early hominids, the ancestors of humans, appeared in Africa near the end of the period.[citation needed] Some continental movement took place, the most significant event being the connection of North and South America at the Isthmus of Panama , late in the Pliocene. This cut off the warm ocean currents from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, leaving only the Gulf Stream to transfer heat to the Arctic Ocean. The global climate cooled considerably over the course of the Neogene, culminating in a series of continental glaciations in the Quaternary Period that follows.

== In the Universe==


 * The Last and most devastating Nul War ends with the total depopulation of Narl Gatu Gatu. All life and all surface water is gone from Narl Gatu and the planet is a radioactive bake oven.


 * The Saresii develop Psionic powers and reach TL 1


 * The Ult gain TL 1


 * The Sarans reach TL A


 * The Seenians reach TL 3


 * The Narth system re-appears


 * The Erogen  appear


 * The Erogen destroy the UNI


 * The Ker discover Fire


 * The Holdians discover fire


 * The first White Throat Shiss climbs upon the Rock of Rule


 * The Seenians meet the Erogen and receive much technology


 * The Anuna reach TL 4


 * The Leedei reach TL1


 * The Petharians  are made


 * The Terraforming probes of the Earlies malfunction and mutate
 * The Yellow Xunx conquer the Brown Xunx . The Seed of the Earlies give the Xunx TL 3
 * The Makers construct the first Mothermachine