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gptkbp:instanceOf
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paleoclimatic event
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
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gptkbp:affects
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river systems
evolution of Homo sapiens
climate patterns
flora and fauna distribution
landscape formation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Pleistocene_glaciations
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gptkbp:beganIn
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about 2.6 million years ago
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gptkbp:causedBy
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tectonic activity
changes in Earth's orbit
variations in solar radiation
greenhouse gas fluctuations
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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repeated advance and retreat of continental ice sheets
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gptkbp:endDate
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about 11,700 years ago
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gptkbp:evidence
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glacial till
ice cores
marine sediments
fossil records
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Holocene_epoch
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ice Age glaciations
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gptkbp:majorGlaciation
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gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkb:Saalian_glaciation
gptkb:Würm_glaciation
gptkb:Illinoian_glaciation
gptkb:Mindel_glaciation
gptkb:Riss_glaciation
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation
gptkb:Gunz_glaciation
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gptkbp:occurredIn
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gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Pliocene_epoch
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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extinction of megafauna
formation of land bridges
formation of glacial lakes
deposition of moraines
lower global sea levels
migration of humans
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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geologists
glaciologists
paleoclimatologists
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:North_America_(prehistoric)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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