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Pleistocene
[ plahy-stuh-seen ]
adjective
- noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
noun
- the Pleistocene Epoch or Series.
Pleistocene
/ ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn /
adjective
- of, denoting, or formed in the first epoch of the Quaternary period, which lasted for about 1 600 000 years. It was characterized by extensive glaciations of the N hemisphere and the evolutionary development of man
noun
- the Pleistocenethe Pleistocene epoch or rock series
Pleistocene
/ plī′stə-sēn′ /
- The earlier of the two epochs of the Quaternary Period, from about 2 million to 10,000 years ago. The Pleistocene Epoch was characterized by the formation of widespread glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere and by the appearance of humans. Mammals included both small forms, such as saber-toothed tigers and horses and giant ones, such as mammoths and mastodons. Almost all the giant mammals, including woolly mammoths, giant wolves, giant ground sloths, and massive wombats disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene and the start of the Holocene.
- See Chart at geologic time
Other Words From
- post-Pleisto·cene adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Pleistocene1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Pleistocene1
Example Sentences
We still have ice from the warmer parts of the Pleistocene even as our temperature approaches the warmer Pliocene levels of 3 million years ago.
In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: Global Warming, the Origins of the First Americans and the Terrible Beasts of the Pleistocene.
The habitat requirements of elk and their speed of migration are probably the same today as at the end of the Pleistocene.
But proponents of the so-called paleo lifestyle are taking it back a bit further—all the way to the Pleistocene.
And the bones of man himself appear, extending through what is known as the Quaternary or Pleistocene period.
The land-connexion between England and the continent was not finally severed until the latter part of the Pleistocene period.
In pleistocene days the earth's climate was evidently much damper than at present.
Uplift and erosion to lower Pleistocene baselevel; deposition of low-level Columbia.
Uplift, warping and erosion to Pleistocene baselevel; deposition of high-level Columbia.
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