Multiple Choice
The significant drying up of the Mediterranean Basin at the end of the Oligocene epoch was probably due to
A) an intense period of global warming.
B) the African Plate rotating away from the Eurasian Plate.
C) the appearance of huge ice sheets in Antarctica.
D) the formation of the Alps.
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