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Also Known As Quaternary Period • Great Ice Age

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Quaternary paleogeography
geologic time
Quaternary Period in geologic time
Matterhorn
Gornergletscher (Gorner Glacier
esker: Nunavut
woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
woolly rhinoceros
dire wolf
human evolutionary pathways
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Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux
French geologist