更新世,洪积世
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.
Pleistocene n : from two million to 11 thousand years ago; extensive glaciation of the northern hemisphere; the time of human evolution [syn: {Pleistocene epoch}, {Glacial epoch}]