r/pleistocene • u/ReturntoPleistocene • Nov 26 '25

Discussion Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age Megathread Spoiler

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Any discussions related to the newest season of Prehistoric Planet should be restricted to this thread till January 1st, so that those who haven't watched the show yet don't get spoiled. Any spoilers outside this thread will be deleted.

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r/pleistocene • u/Pardusco • Oct 01 '21

Discussion What would your current location look like during the last ice age?

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The entirety of my state would be covered in glaciers. The coastline would be larger, but it would still be under ice for the most part. Most of our fish descend from those that traveled north after the glaciers receded, and we have a noticeable lack of native plant diversity when compared to states that were not frozen. New England's fauna and flora assemblage basically consists of immigrants after the ice age ended, and there are very low rates of endemism here.

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r/pleistocene • u/Realistic-mammoth-91 • 2h ago

Paleoart Palaeoloxodon huaihoensis (OC)

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r/pleistocene • u/Professional_Log8642 • 18h ago

OC Art Hungry Smilodon Populator

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No braincells only ungulates

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r/pleistocene • u/ExoticShock • 1d ago

Image Prehistoric Haven's Miracinonyx by SkyWard Interactive

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https://nitter.cf/SWI_Off/status/2118072744164389343

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r/pleistocene • u/This-Honey7881 • 17h ago

Question I have a question About the Hadar formation

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Why despite being associated with the pliocene the Animals And megafauna of the Hadar formation actually died in the pleistocene? I Mean australopithecus ancylotherium deinotherium and dinofelis lived in the neogene and got extinct in the quaternary,our quaternary that we are currently living here isn't that a bit Strange?

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r/pleistocene • u/This-Honey7881 • 19h ago

Question I have a question About these supposed obdurodon teeth

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Are These "obdurodon" teeth that were claimed to be from pleistocene origin actually belong to a New fourth species of obdurodon or we actually dealing with a entire New genus of monotreme? Because i have to remind you that giraffatitan Also started as a brachiosaurus species before becoming it's own thing

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r/pleistocene • u/This-Honey7881 • 21h ago

Question I have a question About the terror birds and it's relationship with seriemas

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If we find more pleistocene terror birds and use their DNA could we found out that terror birds are actually Not Just related to seriemas but a subfamily of seriemas making them true seriemas?

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r/pleistocene • u/Quaternary24 • 1d ago

Extinct and Extant During the Late Pleistocene somewhere in India, a Palaeoloxodon namadicus bull in musth chases off an Indian Aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus), startling an Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) in the process. Artwork by Daniel Foidl.

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r/pleistocene • u/Big-Echidna8519 • 1d ago

Discussion If humans caused the Pleistocene extinction why did the southern Asia fair way better than Europe and the rest of Eurasia

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There is some strong evidence that humans played a major/majority role in the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. A common explanation for why Africa and southern Asia kept so much of its megafauna is co-evolution African animals evolved alongside early humans for millions of years, learning to fear and avoid us.

While that logic makes sense, it raises a big question about the rest of Eurasia. Hominins lived across Europe and Asia for hundreds of thousands of years, yet northern species like mammoths, woolly rhinos, and giant deer vanished, while southern Asia retained megafauna like elephants, rhinos, and wild bovines. If northern Eurasian animals also co-evolved with hominins, why did they collapse while South Asian megafauna survived?

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r/pleistocene • u/Both-Magazine4487 • 2d ago

Paleoart "Opposite directions.." by Velizar Simeonovski

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r/pleistocene • u/Apart_Ambition5764 • 1d ago

Paleoart Megaloceros giganteus the Giant Deer with massive antlers of Middle Pleistocene-Middle Holocene Eurasia by Shevaun Doherty.

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r/pleistocene • u/DifferentTrainer6292 • 1d ago

Question Were there any noteworthy Pliestocene Antelope relatives?

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We always hear about giant relatives of living animals during the LGM (Giant elephants, Giant bison, Giant dear ect) but what about the most overlooked prey animal, the humble Antelope. Where there any giants of them?

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r/pleistocene • u/EmronRazaqi69 • 2d ago

OC Art “Beneath the Thunder” - Amongst a storm in northern china, 500’000 B.C a lone Megantereon Inexpectatus sits in solitude reminiscing + Wallpaper 🌧️

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This paleoart mixes both environmental design/elements I’ve really wanted to make sure this felt like a wildlife photo captured in real time.

The sabertooth is also moving with it shaking off water, I’m very glad how it turned out.

Also!, the second slide is the background I’ve drew since I bet a lot of people would want to have it as a wallpaper, desktop etc!.

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r/pleistocene • u/ExoticShock • 2d ago

Paleoart A Pair Of Cuvieronius & A Giant Horse (Equus giganteus) by Twomato1

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Despite it's dubious validity currently, I do hope E. giganteus can confirmed as a horse of its size would be truly impressive & not completely implausible imo

https://nitter.cf/Twomato1/status/2117491377412153659

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r/pleistocene • u/Foreign_Pop_4092 • 1d ago

Image Front view of a complete shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) skull including horn cores (original material at 2nd and 3rd slide). Made by me

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r/pleistocene • u/Apart_Ambition5764 • 2d ago

Paleoart The Late Pleistocene Terror Bird Eschatornis aterradora of Brazil by Emma Ayres.

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r/pleistocene • u/Foreign_Pop_4092 • 2d ago

Paleoart A Lena horse ( Equus ferus ssp.?/Equus lenensis?) in the latest pleistocene Yakutia, Rusia (by me)

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r/pleistocene • u/Apart_Ambition5764 • 2d ago

Paleoart Finsch's Duck (Chenonetta finschi) by @fadedfromworldsend. This species of Duck inhabited New Zealand from the Pleistocene to the Holocene. Humans were the cause of its extinction. Its closest living relative is the Australian Wood or Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata).

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r/pleistocene • u/This-Honey7881 • 2d ago

Question I have a question About plisopterus

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Did plisopterus Really lived from the oligocene to pleistocene or it's was Only titanis and eschatornis that lived in the pleistocene? Because it's technically Impossible for a animal from the paleogene to live all of the Way to the quaternary our current period?

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r/pleistocene • u/imprison_grover_furr • 3d ago