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
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
The date places the statue at a time when forests were spreading across a warmer, postglacial Eurasia.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2018
In recent years, as global temperatures have risen, the ice sheet has awoken from its postglacial slumber.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016
In the former case the present drainage is through valleys which are preglacial in some places, and postglacial in others.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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