Geological Periods

Question 1

Pleistocene (Geological period)

Answer 1

Epoch from about 2 million to 10,000 years ago, characterised by the formation of widespread glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere and by the appearance of humans.

Question 2

Quaternary (Geological period)

Answer 2

The period which divided into two epochs: the Pleistocene and the Holocene.

Question 3

Holocene (Geological period)

Answer 3

The epoch of geologic time from about 12,000 years ago to the present, beginning at the end of the last Ice Age and characterised by the development of human civilisations.