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Pleistocene vs Sahul - What's the difference?

pleistocene | sahul |

As a noun pleistocene

is pleistocene.

As a proper noun sahul is

the continent that contains the islands of australia, new guinea, and tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.

pleistocene

English

(wikipedia Pleistocene)

Adjective

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  • (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago; marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (geology) The Pleistocene epoch.

    • See also

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    sahul

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the Pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.

    • Synonyms

    * Australia (continent) * * Australinea * Meganesia

    Derived terms

    * Sahulian

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