Pleistocene n 1: from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: {Pleistocene}, {Pleistocene epoch}, {Glacial epoch}]
Pleistocene \Pleis"to*cene\, a. [Gr. ? most + ? new.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man. -- n. The Pleistocene epoch, or deposits. [1913 Webster]