In the Pleistocene the Sunda Platform, which today underlies the Java Sea, was dry land.
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Pleistocene
//ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn//
Synonyms for "pleistocene" (4 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- plistocè name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 更新世 name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Czech
1 entries- pleistocén name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Dutch
1 entries- pleistoceen name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Esperanto
1 entries- plejstoceno name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Estonian
1 entries- pleistotseen name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Finnish
2 entries- pleistoseenikautinen adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
- pleistoseenikausi name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
French
1 entries- Pléistocène adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
Georgian
3 entries- პლეისტოცენური adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
- პლეისტოცენი name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
- პლეისტოცენის ეპოქა name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
German
3 entries- pleistozänisch adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
- Eiszeitalter name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
- Pleistozän name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Greek
2 entries- πλειστόκαινος adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
- Πλειστόκαινο name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Italian
2 entries- pleistocene adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
- Pleistocene name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Navajo
1 entries- nahasdzáán tingo siʼánę́ędą́ą́ʼ name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Polish
2 entries- plejstoceński adj (of the Pleistocene epoch)
- plejstocen name ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch)
Sample sentences
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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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