Pleistocene
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Pleistocene /ˈplʌɪstəsiːn/
▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the first epoch of the Quaternary period (between the Pliocene and Holocene epochs, from 1.64 million to about 10,000 years ago), a time which included the ice ages and the appearance of humans.
– origin C19: from Gk pleistos ‘most’ + kainos ‘new’.
'Pleistocene' also found in these Oxford entries:
Australopithecus
- Holocene
- ice age
- mammoth
- mastodon
- megatherium
- Pliocene
- quaternary
- sabretooth
