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The Pleistocene is generally considered to encompass the time beginning 1.65 million years ago and ending 10,000 years before the present.
(See also Glaciation; Geological History.)
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Article by N.W. Rutter
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited March 4, 2015
The Pleistocene is generally considered to encompass the time beginning 1.65 million years ago and ending 10,000 years before the present.
(See also Glaciation; Geological History.)