Pleistocene Pleistocene The Bølling Oscillation was a warm period that occurred during the final stages of the last glaciation of Europe. It corresponds to Pollen zone 1b. Named after a peat sequence discovered at Bølling lake, central Jutland, it was subsequent to the Oldest Dryas and preceded the Older Dryas periods. However, if the Older Dryas is not present or is not detected in the evidence of a region, the Bølling-Allerød is considered one interstadial and period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bølling Oscillation"
The Chilcotin Plateau Basalts are a north-south range of volcanoes in southern British Columbia running parallel to the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt. The majority of the eruptions in this belt happened either 6-10 million years ago ( Miocene) or 2-3 million years ago ( Pliocene), although there have been some slightly more recent eruptions (in the Pleistocene). ...more on Wikipedia about "Chilcotin Plateau Basalts"
The Coulee Region, as it is colloquially known (officially designated the Driftless Area by the USGS and popularly referred to as the Driftless Zone, or Driftless Region since the 1980s) is an area of about 20,000 square miles in western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and extreme northwestern Illinois, which was by-passed by the last continental glaciers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coulee Region"
Duinefontein 1 and 2 are early prehistoric archaeological sites near Cape Town in South Africa ...more on Wikipedia about "Duinefontein"
Early Pleistocene (also known as Lower Pleistocene, or Calabrian) is a stage of the Pleistocene Epoch. The beginning of the stage is defined at 1.806 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago). The end of the stage is defined by the last magnetic pole reversal 781,000 ± 5,000 years ago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Early Pleistocene"
The Grotte du Lazaret (English: Cave of Le Lazaret) is a cave now in the eastern suburbs of the French town of Nice and now overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grotte du Lazaret"
The Kapthurin formation is a basalt outcrop in Kenya near Lake Bogoria and Lake Baringo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kapthurin"
The La Brea Tar Pits (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a famous cluster of tar pits located in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California; here buried asphalt seeps to the surface from the extensive petroleum deposits below the surface of the Los Angeles Basin. It is best known for the large number of mammal fossils from the last ice age which have been found there, but fossilized insects and plants, even pollen grains, help fill out a picture of the cooler, moister climate of Los Angeles during the glacial age. Such microfossils are retrieved from their matrix of asphalt and sandy clay by washing with a solvent to remove the petroleum, then picking through the remains under a high-powered lens. The George C. Page Museum, part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, presents these discoveries. Of the 100+ pits, one (Pit 91) continues to be regularly excavated for two months each summer. ...more on Wikipedia about "La Brea Tar Pits"
Late Pleistocene (also known as Upper Pleistocene or the Tarantian) is a stage of the Pleistocene Epoch. The beginning of the stage is defined by the base of Eemian interglacial phase before final glacial episode of Pleistocene 126,000 ± 5,000 years ago. The end of the stage is defined exactly at 10,000 Carbon-14 years before present. The stage is followed by Holocene. ...more on Wikipedia about "Late Pleistocene"
Lubbock Lake Landmark is an important archeological site and natural history preserve in the city of Lubbock, Texas. The Landmark contains evidence of almost 12,000 years of occupation by ancient peoples on the Llano Estacado (Southern High Plains). It is run by the Museum of Texas Tech University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lubbock Lake Landmark"
*The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. Very broadly it dates to between around 300,000 and 30,000 years ago. There are considerable dating differences between regions. It is succeeded by the Upper Paleolithic subdivision. ...more on Wikipedia about "Middle Paleolithic"
Middle Pleistocene (also known as the Ionian) is a stage of the Pleistocene Epoch. The beginning of the stage is defined by the last magnetic pole reversal 781,000 ± 5,000 years ago. The end of the stage is defined by the base of Eemian interglacial phase before final glacial episode of Pleistocene 126,000 ± 5,000 years ago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Middle Pleistocene"
Paleo-Indians is an English term used to refer to the ancient peoples of America who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. The prefix 'paleo' comes from the Greek palaios meaning ancient, and is used in the word ' paleolithic', ancient stone, and refers to the Upper Paleolithic time period. They have also been referred to as Clovis people in North American archaeological literature; however, there is now evidence that there were several other pre-Clovis Paleo Indian cultures also. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paleo Indians"
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( Greek παλαιός paleos=old and λίθος lithos=stone or the 'Old Stone Age') was the first period in the development of human technology of the Stone Age. It began with the introduction of the first stone tools by hominids such as Homo habilis (around 2,000,000 years ago) and lasted until the introduction of agriculture. It ended with the Mesolithic, or in areas with an early neolithisation, the Epipaleolithic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paleolithic"
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Peking Man (sometimes now called Beijing Man), also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. The remains were first discovered in 1923- 27 during excavations at Zhoukoudian (Choukoutien) near Beijing (Peking), China. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peking Man"
The Pleistocene Epoch is part of the geologic timescale. The name of the pleistocene is derived from the Greek pleistos (most) and ceno (new). The Pleistocene follows the Pliocene epoch and is followed by the Holocene epoch. The Pleistocene is the third epoch of the Neogene period or 6th epoch of the Cenozoic era. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pleistocene"
The Plio-Pleistocene is an archaeological term that is coming into increasing use to describe a long and continuous run of dated sedimentary layers in East Africa. This archaeological pseudo-period dates from about 2.5 MYA to 1.5 MYA, straddling the boundary between the Pliocene and Pleistocene. The contents of its layers give a clear view of the continuous development of recent vertebrates, especially hominins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plio-Pleistocene"
Rhodesian Man (Homo rhodesiensis) is a hominin fossil that was described from a cranium found in an iron and zinc mine in Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia) in 1921 by Tom Zwiglaar, a Swiss miner. In addition to the cranium, an upper jaw from another individual, a sacrum, a tibia, and two femur fragments were also found. The skull was dubbed Rhodesian Man at the time of the find, but is now commonly referred to as the Broken Hill Skull or the Kabwe Cranium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rhodesian Man"
Terra Amata is an archaeological site near the French town of Nice. ...more on Wikipedia about "Terra Amata"
Turkana Boy or Nariokotome Boy is the designation given to fossil KNM-WT 15000 , a nearly complete skeleton of an 11 or 12-year-old hominid boy who died 1.6 million years ago in the early Pleistocene. The skeleton was discovered in 1984 by Kamoya Kimeu, a member of a team led by Richard Leakey, at Nariokotome near Lake Turkana in Kenya. ...more on Wikipedia about "Turkana Boy"
The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. Very broadly it dates to between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Upper Paleolithic" Please inform your friends about shortopedia
The Younger Dryas stadial, named after the alpine / tundra wildflower Dryas octopetala, and also referred to as the Big Freeze [1], was a brief (approximately 1300 +/- 70year ** ) cold climate period following the Bölling/ Allerød interstadial at the end of the Pleistocene, and preceding the Preboreal of the early Holocene. In Ireland, the period has been known as the Nahanagan Stadial, while in the UK it has been called the Loch Lomond Stadial. ...more on Wikipedia about "Younger Dryas"
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