Apes of the Miocene
≈ 23 million years ago
Earth & LifeApes of the Miocene
Apes are known from the Miocene, which begins about 23 million years ago on the stratigraphic chart. Proconsul, from the early Miocene of East Africa, combined ape and monkey features and had no tail.
The boundary is not a birthday, and it is well before the hominin fossils of about 7 to 6 million years ago.
23 million years ago, placed on the scale of its era on a line leading toward now.
- Era
- Earth & Life
- Period
- ≈ 23 million years ago
- Edition
- 1/1
- Status
- Reserved for a Future Release