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January 13, 2011
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During the Pleistocene, many glaciations occurred; this shows North America 12,000 years ago.
This map shows how North America appeared just over 12,000 years ago. During the Pleistocene, repeated glaciations occurred.
Credit: Ron Blakey, NAU
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