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Definition of Pleistocene
1. Noun. From two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution.
Group relationships: Age Of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary Period
Generic synonyms: Epoch
Definition of Pleistocene
1. a. Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man.
Definition of Pleistocene
1. Adjective. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago; marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals. ¹
2. Proper noun. (geology) The Pleistocene epoch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Pleistocene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleistocene
Literary usage of Pleistocene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Florida Geological Survey (1909)
"LITHOLOGY OF Pleistocene BEDS. The summation of the evidence indicates, except
along the keys, a larger proportion of siliceous material in the early ..."
2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"Of this imposing list the following types occur both in Africa and in the Lower
and Middle Pleistocene of Europe, the species being similar if not in some ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE Pleistocene OR GLACIAL PERIOD. THOUGH it derives its systematic name from
the fact that its life constitutes the closing stage of the transition from ..."
4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"The Pleistocene fauna. Maryland Geol. Surv., Pliocene and P!ei»ux:ene, Baltimore,
... Surv., Pliocene and Pleistocene, Baltimore, 1906, (214-216, with pi. ..."
5. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"The life of the land was also dominantly of living forms, though here the percentage
of extinct species was greater than in the seas. The term Pleistocene ..."
6. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The time assigned the Pleistocene is much shorter than that of the average ...
The Pleistocene expresses this more markedly, perhaps, than any other period. ..."
7. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE Pleistocene OR GLACIAL PERIOD. THOUGH it derives its systematic name from the
... The time assigned the Pleistocene is much shorter than that of the ..."
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