> The turtle lived approximately 6 million years ago, curing the upper Miocene Epoch. At this time, present day Panama’s climate was getting cooler and drier, s

> The turtle lived approximately 6 million years ago, curing the upper Miocene Epoch. At this time, present day Panama’s climate was getting cooler and drier, sea ice was accumulating at Earth’s poles, rainfall was decreasing, sea levels were falling. This quote hit me. Imagine being <hn user> <n> million years ago while the technological, political, economic, and ecological climate was <status>. Kind of puts ones place in perspective.