Pleistocene
adjective
geologyspecializeduk/ˈplaɪ.stə.siːn/us/ˈplaɪ.stoʊ.siːn/from or referring to theperiodoftimebetween around 1.8 million and 11,000yearsago, in whichmodernhumansfirstappeared, and theNorthernHemisphereexperiencedaniceage:
更新世的，洪积世的（迄今约180万至1万年前的地质时间段，此时现代人开始出现，北半球经历冰河时代）the Pleistoceneepoch更新世时代
These arethoughtto be Pleistocenerocks.人们认为这些是更新世岩石。
- Did agiantprehistoricapedieout in the Pleistoceneepochor do weknowit today asBigfoot?
- No lacustrinerecordsfrom theregionwereyetavailabletoprovideinsightinto late Pleistocenevegetationorclimate.
- Thegeologicalstratadatesback to the Pleistoceneagefrom around 2 millionyearsago.
Geology - general words
- Anthropocene
- aquifer
- auriferous
- biozone
- Cambrian
- carboniferous
- cementation
- Cretaceous
- Holocene
- hoodoo
- interbed
- Jurassic
- karst
- plate tectonics
- pyroclastic
- Quaternary
- sedimentation
- selenologist
- tectonic
- the rock cycle
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Pleistocene
noun[S]
geologyspecializeduk/ˈplaɪ.stə.siːn/us/ˈplaɪ.stoʊ.siːn/the Pleistocene
theperiodoftimebetween around 1.8 million and 11,000yearsago, in whichmodernhumansfirstappeared, and theNorthernHemisphereexperiencedaniceage:
Theislandshaveexistedsince the Pleistocene.
Thecarboncrisisisshapingup as thebiggestpotentialdisastersince thestartof the Pleistocene .
- Thelandscapeisstarkand treeless,punctuatedbytoweringstacksofbouldersthatglaciersleftbehind after the Pleistocene.
- Even the earlyhumanpopulationsof theregionwerecapableofdecimatingthelargeanimalsthat wereheadingforextinctionat the end of the Pleistocene.
- The Clovistimesgo back to the end of the Pleistocene when the last IceAgeoccurred.
Geology - general words
- Anthropocene
- aquifer
- auriferous
- biozone
- Cambrian
- carboniferous
- cementation
- Cretaceous
- Holocene
- hoodoo
- interbed
- Jurassic
- karst
- plate tectonics
- pyroclastic
- Quaternary
- sedimentation
- selenologist
- tectonic
- the rock cycle
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Prehistory
Specific periods of time