Pleistoceneadjective
uk/ˈplaɪ.stə.siːn/us/ˈplaɪ.stoʊ.siːn/specializedfrom or referring to the period of time between around 1.8 million and 11,000 years ago, in which modern humans first appeared, and the Northern Hemisphere experienced an ice age:
the Pleistocene epoch
These are thought to be Pleistocene rocks.
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Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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Geology - general words
the Pleistocene
noun [ S ] ukus
the Pleistocene epoch (= part of a period of time in the earth's history)