Pleistocene
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek πλεῖστος (pleîstos, “most”) and καινός (kainós, “new”), meaning “newest”, coined by Charles Lyell in 1839.[1]
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Pleistocene (not comparable)
- (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.
Translations[edit]
of the Pleistocene epoch
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Proper noun[edit]
Pleistocene
- (geology) The Pleistocene epoch.
- 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 89:
- Throughout the Pleistocene, climatic changes exerted another type of selective pressure on human biological evolution, contributing to the rapid emergence of various Homo species over time.
Translations[edit]
(geology) the Pleistocene epoch
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References[edit]
- ^ Charles Lyell (1839) Nouveaux éléments de géologie (in French), Paris: Pitois-Levranet, page 621
Further reading[edit]
- Pleistocene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Pleistocene”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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