ANT1000 Flashcards
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The Pleistocene is…
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referred to colloquially as the ice age, spanning the worlds most recent period of glaciations. A geological epoch, from 2 588 ka to 11.7 ka. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds to the end of the Paleolithic period in archaeology.
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The Holocene is…
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the geological period, from 11.7 ka, to the present. From the end of the Pleistocene to the present.
