In the Pleistocene the Sunda Platform, which today underlies the Java Sea, was dry land.
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Pleistocene
/ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn/
Synonyms for "pleistocene" (6 found)
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glacialglacial interval
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ice age
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Sediment cores from the bottom of Yellowstone’s lakes contain fossils of pollen deposited during the Late Pleistocene. These pollen records show which plants were present at that time and allow researchers to infer climate conditions.
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The article noted that 13,000 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene geological era, the North American prairie teemed with big vertebrates such as woolly mammoths, five species of horses and an early version of the cheetah.
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The four-day conference gave those engaged in research on elephants, mammoths, mastodons and related fauna of the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs the opportunity to gather and explore the relevance of their prehistoric research in today's world.
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