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Definitions:
Noun
Pleistocene
Pleistocene epoch
Glacial epoch
Definition: from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution
Adjective
Definition: Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago (earlier definition 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago); marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals.