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The Quaternary (/ k w ə ˈ t ɜːr n ə r i, ˈ k w ɒ t ər n ɛr i / kwə-TUR-nə-ree, KWOT-ər-nerr-ee) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
6 giu 2024 · Quaternary, in the geologic history of Earth, a unit of time within the Cenozoic Era, beginning 2,588,000 years ago and continuing to the present day. The Quaternary has been characterized by several periods of glaciation (the “ice ages” of common lore), when ice sheets many kilometres thick have.
27 set 2022 · The quaternary period began 2.6 million years ago and extends into the present. Climate change and the developments it spurs carry the narrative of the Quaternary, the most recent 2.6...
Il Quaternario (o Neozoico) è il periodo geologico più recente, quello in cui viviamo, l'ultimo dell' eone Fanerozoico. Il Quaternario è il terzo e ultimo dei tre periodi che compongono l' era geologica del Cenozoico. Ha inizio alla fine del Pliocene, l'ultima epoca geologica del Neogene, 2,58 milioni di anni fa ed è tuttora in corso.
The Quaternary Period is a geologic time period that encompasses the most recent 2.6 million years — including the present day. It has involved dramatic climate changes.
Quaternary Period, Interval of geologic time, approximately 2.6 million years ago to the present. The Quaternary follows the Neogene Period and is the most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era.
6 giu 2024 · The length of the Quaternary is short relative to geologic and evolutionary time scales, but the rate of evolutionary change during this period is high. It is a basic tenet of ecology that disturbance increases diversity and ultimately leads to evolutionary pressures.
