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The Pleistocene /ËplaÉªstÉµsiËn/ (symbol P. ) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. Charles Lyell introduced this term in 1839 to describe strata in Sicily that had at least 70% of their molluscan fauna still living today.
The Pleistocene is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2.6 million years ago to about 11,700 years ago, comprising the most period of repeated glaciations. Both marine and land faunas were essentially like today, albeit mammals were generally larger than their modern descendants.