Time Periods
Pleistocene
- Age:
- Pleistocene
- Epoch:
- Pleistocene
- Period:
- Quaternary
- Age range:
- 1.63 - 1.79 Ma
- Classifications:
- Cro-Magnons, Homo, Homo denisovans, Homo erectus, Homo erectus pekinensis, Homo ergaster, Homo floresiensis, Homo georgicus, Homo habilis, Homo luzonensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens archaic, Paranthropus, Paranthropus boisei
- Cultures:
- Aurignacian, Gravettian, Mousterian, Oldowan
The Pleistocene, often referred to as the Ice Age, is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations1.
Sites
Name | Age Min | Age Max |
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Abri du Poisson | ||
Afontova Gora II | ||
Anzick | ||
Arlington Springs | 10000 | 13000 |
Bruniquel Cave | ||
Callao Cave | 3600 | 67000 |
Cooper's Ferry | 11800 | 16045 |
Denisova Cave | 41590 | 216900 |
Dmanisi | 1770000 | 1850000 |
Happisburgh | ||
Hohle Fels | ||
Koobi Fora Area 104 | 1630000 | 1790000 |
La Brea Tar Pits | ||
Liang Bua Cave | 67200 | 94800 |
Molodova I | 40000 | |
Olduvai Gorge (FLK I) | 430000 | 2588000 |
Paviland Cave | ||
Peninj | ||
Peștera cu Oase | ||
Sangiran | 700000 | 900000 |
Shanidar Cave | ||
Sima del Elefante | 1200000 | 1300000 |
White Sands National Park | 21000 | 23000 |
Zhoukoudian Locality 1 | 230000 | 780000 |
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