postglacial
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of postglacial
Example Sentences
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Genomic analysis represents a relatively new technique for penetrating the fog of prehistory — a period when the postglacial climate warmed, humans increased in number and cultures flourished.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2023
Known as Magdalenians, these first postglacial pioneers appear genetically similar across Europe—and are a perfect match for DNA obtained from a 15,000-year-old bone found in Gough’s Cave, in what is today southwestern England.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 23, 2022
The Savannah-like habitat was ideal territory for hunting the great beasts that had moved into the postglacial landscape, including mastodon, giant sloth, bison and short-faced bear.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2021
In recent years, as global temperatures have risen, the ice sheet has awoken from its postglacial slumber.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016
However, several well-isolated populations of sirtalis have survived as relicts in the southern Great Plains, presumably from a time several thousand years ago when mesic conditions were more prevalent, perhaps in an early postglacial stage.
From Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains by Fitch, Henry S.
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