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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:geological_formation
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gptkbp:affectedContinents
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gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Asia
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_America
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Pleistocene_Epoch
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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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gptkb:volcanic_activity
changes in Earth's orbit
greenhouse gas fluctuations
variations in solar output
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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extensive glaciation
cold global temperatures
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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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ice cores
glacial moraines
fossil records
sediment layers
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gptkbp:fauna
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mammoths
mastodons
cave bears
giant ground sloths
saber-toothed cats
dire wolves
woolly rhinoceros
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gptkbp:flora
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coniferous forests
grasslands
tundra vegetation
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Holocene_Epoch
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gptkbp:humanEvolution
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Denisovans existed
Homo sapiens emerged
Neanderthals existed
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gptkbp:landBridges
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gptkb:Doggerland
gptkb:Bering_Land_Bridge
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gptkbp:lastGlacialMaximum
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about 20,000 years ago
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gptkbp:majorGlaciations
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at least four
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gptkbp:megafaunaExtinction
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occurred at the end
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Laurentide_Ice_Sheet
gptkb:Patagonian_Ice_Sheet
English Channel formation
Great Lakes formation
Scandinavian Ice Sheet
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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archaeologists
geologists
paleoclimatologists
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gptkbp:thrustSeaLevel
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lowered significantly
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Paul_Farley
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Ice Age
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