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Pleistocene

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glacial epochnounfrom two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
pleistocene epochnounfrom two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution

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glacial epochnounfrom two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
pleistocene epochnounfrom two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
pliocenenoun(geology) The Pliocene epoch.
quaternarynoun(geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
plionoun
glacial age
ice agenoun(sciences) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
diluviumnounAn inundation or flood; a deluge.
glacial periodnounAn interval of time within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.
pleistocene series
pleistocenicRelating to the Pleistocene
quaternary ice age
pleiocenenounAlternative form of Pliocene. [(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.]
holocenenoun(geology) The Holocene epoch.
postpliocenenoun(geology) After the Pliocene epoch.
paleogenenoun(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.
oligocenenoun(geology) The Oligocene epoch.
miocenenoun(geology) The Miocene epoch.
eocenenoun(geology) The Eocene epoch.
neogenenoun(geology) Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.

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