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Meanings of pleistocene epoch in English

Portuguese
pleistoceno
Catalan
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 epoch in English
        1
        Admit that the banded ant-eater, at least, existed before the pleistocene epoch, and everything can be settled.
        Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
        2
        It's been shrunk a little since the Pleistocene epoch, but not much.
        The Guardian
        3
        And they belong to the Pleistocene Epoch.
        The Sorceress
        4
        In 1994, two independent groups extracted DNA from several Pleistocene epoch mammoths and noted differences among individual specimens.
        Pubmed
        5
        The first discovery These trackways date from a time in the Pleistocene Epoch, when our species, Homo sapiens, was emerging.
        The South African
        6
        We designate this hominin population 'Denisovans' and suggest that it may have been widespread in Asia during the Late Pleistocene epoch.
        Pubmed
        Translations for pleistocene epoch
        Portuguese
        pleistoceno