pleistocene
IPA: pɫˈaɪstʌsin
Root Word: Pleistocene
noun
- (geology) The Pleistocene epoch.
adjective
- (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago (earlier definition 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago); marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals.
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Examples of "pleistocene" in Sentences
- The Pleistocene is part of the Quaternary.
- What happened to pleistocene in the region
- They couldn't find any fossils in the Pleistocene.
- Classification of the pleistocene of California is unique.
- It lived in the Pleistocene and survived into the Holocene.
- It is considered to be in the middle of the Pleistocene epoch.
- Many of these would disappear before the start of the pleistocene.
- The date labeled for the end of the Pleistocene is simply ridiculous.
- The upper boundary was set at the start of the Pleistocene glaciations.
- The repeated glaciations of the Pleistocene were caused by the same factors.
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