[DOC] [TLE] Pliocene - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pliocene Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 
5.333 million to .... Mid-latitude glaciation was probably underway before the end 
of the epoch. ... first recognizable hominins, the australopithecines, appeared in 
the Pliocene. ... Small weasel-like carnivorous mustelids, coatis and short-faced 
bears... [DOC] [TLE] The Pliocene Epoch - University of California Museum of Paleontology [PAR] The Pliocene, 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago,* was a time of global cooling after the 
... North and South America appeared during the Pliocene, allowing migrations of 
... and an invasion of dogs, cats, bears and horses in the opposite direction. [DOC] [TLE] Prehistoric Life During the Pliocene Epoch - Dinosaurs - About.com [PAR] Here's a look at prehistoric life on earth during the Pliocene epoch, including ... 
epoch was relatively recent, commencing only five million years or so before the 
start ... America to Asia, while the fossils of giant prehistoric bears like 
Agriotherium ... mammals appeared on the scene, including the Woolly Mammoth 
in Eurasia... [DOC] [TLE] Prehistoric Life During the Pleistocene Epoch - Dinosaurs - About.com [PAR] The most recent geological epoch in earth's history, the Pleistocene witnessed 
the ... The Pleistocene epoch represented the culmination of 200 million years of 
mammalian evolution, as bears, lions, ... By the end of the Pleistocene, Homo 
sapiens had appeared and spread around ... 2016 About, Inc.  All rights 
reserved. [DOC] [TLE] Pleistocene Epoch: Facts About the Last Ice Age - Live Science [PAR] Oct 9, 2013 ... The Pleistocene Epoch began about 1.8 million years ago and ... more before 
humans came on the scene about 2.3 million years ago. ... At one point during 
the Ice Age, sheets of ice covered all of ... But the glaciers did not just sit there. ... 
kangaroos, wallabies, bears, and members of the canine and feline... [DOC] [TLE] Cenozoic Era: Facts About Climate, Animals & Plants - Live Science [PAR] Jun 8, 2016 ... During the Paleogene Period, most of the Earth's climate was tropical. ... During 
the Pleistocene Epoch, glaciers covered central North America, ... are common 
and rhinoceroses and elephants appear. ... Cave lions, sabre-toothed cats, cave 
bears, giant deer, woolly ... Copyright  2016 All Rights Reserved. [DOC] [TLE] Miocene Epoch | geochronology | Britannica.com [PAR] Miocene Epoch, earliest major worldwide division of the Neogene Period (23 
million ... Also, the first dogs and bears appeared; the timing of the first 
emergence of the ... The first hyenas, springing from primitive civets, appeared in 
the Miocene, as did the ... Anthony Rizzo (left) of the Chicago Cubs and Corey 
Kluber (right) of. [DOC] [TLE] Palaeos Cenozoic: Pliocene: The Pliocene Epoch [PAR] The Pliocene Epoch of the Neogene Period: 5.33 to 1.81 million years ago ... 
before the rest of megafauna died out (possibly due to climatic change in the 
early ice age) ... Reflecting the cooling trend, Arctic species appear in Britain, and 
later, in the .... And dogs, cats, bears, horses, mastodonts, and others animals 
invaded... [DOC] [TLE] Early Primate Evolution: The First Primates [PAR] Most animal species flourished and became extinct long before the first ... billion 
years ago, the first primates did not appear until around 50-55 million years ago. 
... evolved in the early Paleocene Epoch (65.5-55.8 million years ago) at the ... 
the evolutionary lines that would later produce the dogs, cats, and bears of our 
time. [DOC] [TLE] Cenozoic Era - The Virtual Fossil Museum [PAR] The first grasses appeared in the Eocene Epoch (from about 54 to 37 million ... 
The Pliocene Epoch extends from 5.3 million to 1.8 million years before present. 
... and cave bears began late in the Pleistocene and continued into the Holocene. [DOC] [TLE] North American Bear Center - Bear Evolution [PAR] Among the extinct bears was the largest land-living mammalian carnivore, the ... 
Modern brown bears first appeared in Asia during the Middle Pleistocene Epoch 
and ... American black

Question: Bears appeared during this epoch right before the Pliocene
Answer: the Miocene