Meaning Of The Word Pleistocene
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Pleistocene Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Pleistocene?
Pleistocene in American English
designating or of the first geologic epoch of the Quaternary Period, characterized by a series of advancing and retreating continental glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere and the development of modern humans and toolmaking cultures adjective: noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans noun: the Pleistocene Epoch or Series Pleistocene in British English adjective: of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Quaternary period, which lasted for about 1 600 000 years. It was characterized by extensive glaciations of the N hemisphere and the evolutionary development of humans noun |
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