The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as the Upper Pleistocene from a stratigraphic perspective. It is intended to be the fourth division of the Pleistocene Epoch within the ongoing Quaternary Period.

The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw the extinction of the majority of the world's megafauna (typically defined as animal species having body masses over 44 kilograms (97 lb)), [1] which resulted in a collapse in faunal density and diversity across the globe. [2] .

The Pleistocene (/ ˈ p l aɪ s t ə ˌ s iː n,-s t oʊ-/ PLY-stə-seen, -⁠stoh-; [4] [5] referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the ...

The Late Pleistocene Age, or Upper Pleistocene / Tarantian Age, in the Pleistocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period, Cenozoic Era.

2025年2月6日 · Pleistocene Epoch, earlier and major of the two epochs of the Quaternary Period of Earth’s history, an epoch during which a succession of glacial and interglacial climatic cycles occurred. It ended 11,700 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch and followed by the Holocene Epoch.

2022年2月28日 · The Pleistocene epoch lasted from about 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago and included the last ice age, when glaciers and giant megafauna dominated the landscape.

The Pleistocene followed the Pliocene. It is the first epoch of the Quaternary period and the sixth in the Cainozoic , and is followed by the present Holocene . The Pleistocene was a time of ice ages : cold glacial periods with shorter, warmer, interglacials.

Many paleontologists study Pleistocene fossils in order to understand the climates of the past. The Pleistocene was not only a time during which climates and temperatures shifted dramatically; Pleistocene fossils are often abundant, well-preserved, and can be dated very precisely.

2021年11月8日 · Sea-level reconstructions also serve as a key component of investigations into early human occupation of the northwestern North American Pacific coast, including the initial migration into the Americas during the Late Pleistocene (Braje et al., 2020).

The Pleistocene (eften colloquially referred tae as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lastit frae aboot 2,588,000 tae 11,700 year agae, spannin the warld's maist recent period o repeatit glaciations .