Pleistocene epoch

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:geological_formation
gptkbp:characterizedBy evolution of Homo sapiens
repeated glaciations
megafaunal extinctions
gptkbp:climate cold and variable
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Paleolithic
cave art
use of stone tools
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Tarantian
gptkb:Gelasian
gptkb:Ionian
gptkb:Calabrian
gptkbp:endDate about 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:fauna mammoths
giant ground sloths
saber-toothed cats
gptkbp:flora tundra vegetation
steppe vegetation
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Holocene_epoch
gptkbp:hasEvent gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkb:Younger_Dryas
extinction of woolly mammoth
Neanderthal extinction
appearance of anatomically modern humans
gptkbp:iceSheet gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Fennoscandian
gptkb:Laurentide
gptkb:Antarctic
Patagonian
gptkbp:location gptkb:Earth
gptkbp:majorGlaciations at least four
gptkbp:megafaunalExtinction gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Eurasia
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkbp:nameOrigin Greek: pleistos (most), kainos (new)
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Homo_sapiens
gptkb:Denisovans
gptkb:Neanderthals
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Quaternary_period
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Pliocene_epoch
gptkbp:startDate about 2.58 million years ago
gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel lower than present
gptkbp:type gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ice_Age_Floods
gptkb:Atlantic_Coastal_Ridge
gptkb:Aquinnah_Cliffs
gptkb:Mammoth_skeleton
gptkb:Lake_Lahontan
gptkb:Pleistocene_horse
gptkb:Bering_Land_Bridge
gptkb:Canadian_Shield
gptkb:Clovis_culture
gptkb:Greenland_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Trona_Pinnacles
gptkb:Sahul_Shelf
gptkb:Lake_Mayaimi_(Okeechobee)
gptkb:Lake_Wallawalla
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pleistocene epoch