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gptkbp:instanceOf
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glaciation event
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
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gptkbp:affects
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evolution of Homo sapiens
flora and fauna distribution
geography of continents
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
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gptkbp:beganIn
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about 2.58 million years ago
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gptkbp:causedBy
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climate fluctuations
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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repeated glacial cycles
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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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moraines
isotope analysis
fossil records
glacial striations
sediment cores
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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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Pleistocene glaciation
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gptkbp:interglacialPeriods
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warmer intervals between glaciations
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gptkbp:lastGlacialMaximum
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about 26,500 years ago
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gptkbp:majorIceSheet
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gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Antarctic_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Greenland_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Cordilleran_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Fennoscandian_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Patagonian_Ice_Sheet
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
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gptkbp:numberOfGlacialCycles
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at least 8 major cycles
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gptkbp:partOf
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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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human migration
megafaunal extinctions
land bridges
sea level drop
formation of large ice sheets
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gptkbp:significance
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influenced human evolution
shaped modern landscapes
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gptkbp:studiedIn
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Quaternary science
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Glaciated_Allegheny_Plateau
gptkb:Quaternary_glaciation
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation_(Northern_Europe)
gptkb:Eiszeit
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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