Look up: pleistocene

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   Pleistocene
   The Pleistocene was an epoch of geologic time that lasted from 1.8 million to 11,000 years ago; it was a period of widespread glaciation and large Ice Age animals (caled Pleistocene Megafauna). The first humans (Homo sapiens) evolved during the Pleistocene. Mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats , giant ground sloths, and other Ice Age mammals evolved. A mass extinction of large mammals and many birds occurred about 10,000 years ago, probably caused by Ice Ages .
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   Pleistocene
   (pronounced PLEES-toh-seen) The Pleistocene was an epoch in geologic time that lasted from 1.8 million years ago until about 10,000 years ago (it was at the beginning of the Quaternary period). During this epoch, the first humans (Homo sapiens) evolved. Mammoths, mastodons, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, and other Pleistocene megafauna (huge animals) lived. A mass extinction of large mammals and many birds happened about 10,000 years ago (at the end of this epoch), probably caused by c...
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   Pleistocene
   The Pleistocene (ice age) was the seventeenth geological period, 500,000 years ago. It marked the evolution of tool-making man.
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   Pleistocene
   Period of time, going back to approximately 2 million years before the present, in which alternating periods of glaciation and deglaciation have dominated the earth's climate
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   Pleistocene
   An epoch of the Quaternary Period characterized by several glacial ages.
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   Pleistocene
   The earlier of the two epochs of the Quaternary period, starting 2 to 3 million years before the present and ending about 10,000 years ago. It was a time of glacial activity.
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   Pleistocene
   The epoch that extended from about 1.8 million years ago to 10,000 years ago on the geologic time scale; when the most recent glaciations occurred.
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   Pleistocene
   [n] - from 11 thousand to 2 millions years ago
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   Pleistocene
   geological period between 1.8 million years ago, and 10,000 years ago;
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    Pleistocene
    A geological era lasting from approximately 2 million to 10 000 years ago.
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    Pleistocene
    Pleis'to·cene adjective [ Greek ... most + ... new.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. -- noun The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits.
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    pleistocene
    <geology> Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. ... The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits. ... Origin: Gr. Most + new. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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    Pleistocene
    Pleistocene epoch noun from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
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    Pleistocene
    The `Pleistocene` epoch on the geologic timescale is the period from 1,808,000 to 11,550 years BP. The Pleistocene epoch had been intended to cover the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name `pleistocene` is derived from the Greek (`pleistos` `most`) and (`kainos` `new`). The Pleistocene epoch follows the Pliocene epoch and is followed by the Holocene epoch. The Pleistocene is the third epoch of the Neogene period or 6th epoch ...
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    Pleistocene
    • (n.) The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man.
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    Pleistocene
    Pleistocene Of or belonging to the geologic time, rock series, or sedimentary deposits of the earlier of the two epochs of the Quaternary Period, characterized by the alternate appearance and recession of northern glaciation, the appearance and worldwide spread of hominids, and the extinction of numerous land mammals, such as the mammoths, mastodons, and saber...
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    Pleistocene
    An epoch of the Quaternary period, spanning the time between 1.8 million years ago and the beginning of the Holocene at 8,000 years ago. It is named after the Greek words 'pleistos' (most) and 'ceno' (new).
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