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Last Glacial Period
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The Last Glacial Period, also known as the last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, from around 115,000–11,700 years ago, and thus correspon
Artist's impression of the last glacial period at glacial maximum
Artist's impression of the last glacial period at glacial maximum
The Last Glacial Period caused a much lower global sea level
The Last Glacial Period caused a much lower global sea level
The Late Pleistocene saw extinctions of numerous predominantly megafaunal species, coinciding in time with the early human migrations across continent
The Late Pleistocene saw extinctions of numerous predominantly megafaunal species, coinciding in time with the early human migrations across continents
Extent of the Patagonian ice sheet in the Strait of Magellan area during the LGP: Selected modern settlements are shown with yellow dots
Extent of the Patagonian ice sheet in the Strait of Magellan area during the LGP: Selected modern settlements are shown with yellow dots
Last Interglacial
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The Last Interglacial was the interglacial period that began about 130,000 years ago at the end of the Penultimate Glacial Period, and ended about 115,000 years ago at the beginning of the Last Glacia
Last Glacial Period
…The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, from around 115,000–11,700 years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene. It thus…
Pieter Harting (1886) assigned Bittium reticulatum as the index fossil for the Last Interglacial.
Pieter Harting (1886) assigned Bittium reticulatum as the index fossil for the Last Interglacial.
View of the Last Interglacial–aged coastal terraces of Niebla near Valdivia, Chile.
View of the Last Interglacial–aged coastal terraces of Niebla near Valdivia, Chile.
Last Interglacial erosion surface in a fossil coral reef on Great Inagua, The Bahamas. Foreground shows corals truncated by erosion; behind the geolog
Last Interglacial erosion surface in a fossil coral reef on Great Inagua, The Bahamas. Foreground shows corals truncated by erosion; behind the geologist is a post-erosion coral pillar which grew on the surface after sea level rose again.
Landscape of Central Europe during the Last Interglacial featuring large herbivorous animals including straight-tusked elephant, Merck's rhinoceros, w
Landscape of Central Europe during the Last Interglacial featuring large herbivorous animals including straight-tusked elephant, Merck's rhinoceros, wild boar, wild horse and aurochs. Other featured animals include western jackdaw, corn crake, black grouse, steppe lemming, the extinct ground squirrel Spermophilus citelloides, European hare and European hamster