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Temps > geological time (en) > Cenozoic > Quaternari > Pleistocene (en)

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Pleistocene (en)  

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  • Information The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations. (en)

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