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Pleistocene Epoch
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Will cloning bring the woolly mammoth back to life?
Woolly mammoths became largely extinct about 10,000 years ago. Could they make a...
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Wisconsin glaciation
Ice sheets during the Wisconsin glacial episode penetrated deep into North America.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
cave lion
Cave lion (Panthera leo spelaea).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
seafloor spreading
Map showing the age of selected regions of the ocean floor. Chronological measurements...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
geologic time
The stratigraphic chart of geologic time.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Source: International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
Quaternary Period in geologic time
The Quaternary Period and its subdivisions.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Source: International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS)
Anthropocene Epoch
The Quaternary Period, reconfigured to accommodate the Anthropocene Epoch.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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