Upper Pleistocene Epoch

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Late_Pleistocene
gptkbp:characterizedBy gptkb:last_glacial_period
emergence of anatomically modern humans
extinction of many megafauna
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Gravettian_culture
gptkb:Magdalenian_culture
gptkb:Last_Glacial_Maximum
gptkb:Late_Stone_Age
gptkb:Younger_Dryas
gptkb:Natufian_culture
gptkb:Clovis_culture
gptkb:Folsom_culture
gptkb:Upper_Paleolithic
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkb:Aurignacian_culture
gptkb:Epigravettian_culture
gptkb:Solutrean_culture
gptkb:Mousterian_culture
gptkb:Würm_glaciation
gptkb:Devensian_glaciation
gptkb:Valdai_glaciation
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation
gptkb:Aterian_culture
gptkb:Cro-Magnon_humans
gptkb:Denisovan_hominins
gptkb:Howiesons_Poort_culture
gptkb:Sangoan_culture
gptkb:Stillbay_culture
gptkb:Tardiglacial_period
extinction of saber-toothed cats
extinction of woolly mammoth
extinction of American cheetah
extinction of American lion
extinction of Haast's eagle
extinction of Irish elk
extinction of Steller's sea cow
extinction of arctodus
extinction of camelops
extinction of cave bear
extinction of diprotodon
extinction of dire wolf
extinction of elephant bird
extinction of giant beaver
extinction of giant ground sloths
extinction of giant kangaroo
extinction of giant lemur
extinction of giant tortoise
extinction of glyptodon
extinction of ground sloth
extinction of macrauchenia
extinction of mastodons
extinction of megafauna in Africa
extinction of megafauna in Arctic
extinction of megafauna in Australia
extinction of megafauna in Beringia
extinction of megafauna in Caribbean
extinction of megafauna in Eurasia
extinction of megafauna in Europe
extinction of megafauna in Madagascar
extinction of megafauna in New Zealand
extinction of megafauna in North America
extinction of megafauna in Siberia
extinction of megafauna in South America
extinction of megafauna in Subarctic
extinction of megafauna in coastal areas
extinction of megafauna in deserts
extinction of megafauna in forests
extinction of megafauna in grasslands
extinction of megafauna in islands of the Pacific
extinction of megafauna in mountains
extinction of megafauna in river valleys
extinction of megafauna in subtropical regions
extinction of megafauna in temperate regions
extinction of megafauna in tropical regions
extinction of megafauna in wetlands
extinction of megalania
extinction of megatherium
extinction of moa
extinction of notiomastodon
extinction of procoptodon
extinction of saber-toothed salmon
extinction of short-faced bear
extinction of smilodon
extinction of thylacoleo
extinction of toxodon
final phase of Neanderthals
gptkbp:endDate approximately 11,700 years ago
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Holocene_Epoch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Upper Pleistocene Epoch
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Pleistocene_Epoch
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Middle_Pleistocene_Epoch
gptkbp:startDate approximately 129,000 years ago
gptkbp:stratigraphicUnitOf gptkb:Quaternary_Period
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Upper_Pleistocene
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6