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Quaternary Period  

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  • The Quaternary period, the most recent geologic interval, represents the last 1.8 million years of time. Its most striking feature is that the Earth had cold polar regions, which led to periodic development of continental glaciers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Quaternary Period]

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