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Meanings of Pleistocene in English

Portuguese
pleistoceno
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època glacial

From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution.

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        Usage of Pleistocene in English
        1
        Thus, multicopy and single-copy genes can be analyzed from Pleistocene faunal remains.
        Pubmed
        2
        It was the zenith of the Late Pleistocene of the Quaternary Glaciation.
        Devourer
        3
        It's been shrunk a little since the Pleistocene epoch, but not much.
        The Guardian
        4
        The animal world in turn was winnowed by the Pleistocene episode.
        The Story of Evolution
        5
        This collection contains specimens from important and unique local Mesozoic and Pleistocene deposits.
        The Guardian
        6
        Uplift and erosion to lower Pleistocene baselevel; deposition of low-level Columbia.
        History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virgini...
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        In typical Antipodean fashion, the Pleistocene mammals of Australia were different.
        BBC
        8
        Nicholas and Saint-Germain think the mammoth bones mean the Pleistocene era.
        The Necromancer
        9
        Large collection with strengths in local Triassic, Jurassic and Pleistocene fossils.
        The Guardian
        10
        Uplift, warping and erosion to Pleistocene baselevel; deposition of high-level Columbia.
        History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virgini...
        11
        The period between the Miocene and the Pleistocene is known as the Pliocene.
        BBC
        12
        Divergence of most species occurred from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene.
        Pubmed
        13
        Well, it didn't get much more exotic than the Pleistocene era, did it?
        The Necromancer
        14
        Above us hung a beluga whale, casualty of some Pleistocene misfortune.
        Death du Jour
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        Aside from the woolly mammoth, no Pleistocene creature is more iconic than Smilodon.
        Wired
        16
        Over there, shrimp dip molded to form Pleistocene fish, with black caviar skeleton.
        The new yorker
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        Portuguese
        pleistoceno
        Pleistocene through the time