The climate of those European regions during the late Paleogene was not too dissimilar to that of (sub)tropical Africa today; the Saharan desert was not yet present and the distance across the Mediterranean was not much more than what it is today.
O clima desas rexións europeas durante o Paleoxeno tardío non era moi distinto ao da África tropical actual; o deserto do Sahara aínda non se formara e a distancia a través do Mediterráneo non era moito maior que a de hoxe.