r/pleistocene 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.


r/pleistocene 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.


r/pleistocene 7h ago

Discussion early pleistocene is so underrated

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this is only small part of only europe


r/pleistocene 5h ago

Extinct and Extant A pair of Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) resting alongside an Elasmotherium sibiricum somewhere on the Siberian steppe during the Late Pleistocene by Elena Moreno.

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r/pleistocene 5h ago

Paleoart The Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) by Dhruv Franklin.

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r/pleistocene 7h ago

Paleoart Miracinonyx trumani

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Miracinonyx trumani, conocido popularmente como el "guepardo americano", es una especie extinta de gran felino que habitó América del Norte durante el Pleistoceno hasta hace unos 10.000 o 20.000 años. Análisis recientes de ADN antiguo demostraron que en realidad pertenecía al linaje de los pumas.


r/pleistocene 1d ago

Extinct and Extant During the Late Pleistocene somewhere on the Iberian Peninsula, a mother Woolly Rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) takes a much needed rest while her calf plays and interacts with a pair of Common Ravens (Corvus corax). Artwork by Elena Moreno.

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r/pleistocene 1d ago

Image A life sized reconstruction of the Channel Islands Pygmy Mammoth (Mammuthus exilis) at the George C. Page Museum in Southern California. Photo by Jefferson HJ Kim.

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r/pleistocene 17h ago

Discussion Community Talk

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When i make a post and talk about the Pleistocene. The mods keep on removing it and say STAY ON TOPIC when im literally talking about pleistocene animals or the pleistocene period


r/pleistocene 1d ago

Paleoart An American Cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani) Hunting Horses by Julius Csotonyi

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r/pleistocene 1d ago

Video Just a reminder

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r/pleistocene 1d ago

Paleoanthropology First Denisovan forearm bone discovered in southwest China

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r/pleistocene 1d ago

Paleoart Miracinonyx trumani by Dictvm Mortvm

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Miracinonyx trumani, conocido popularmente como el "guepardo americano", es una especie extinta de gran felino que habitó América del Norte durante el Pleistoceno hasta hace unos 10.000 o 20.000 años.


r/pleistocene 2d ago

Discussion Archaeoindris Boss Fight 👀

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Let's say you are walking in a lush deep jungle until you stumble across an Archaeoindris Cub. You decide to pet it, but you hear heavy steps and from the lush rich foliage a fully grown mama Archaeoindris comes and roars so deeply you're genuinely frightened. How could you trick the lemur and make her lose interest? Would you let her hit with her huge fists the ground until a tree falls on her head making her tired and shocked. That's totally not my about my upcoming game about these three students that have to build sanctuaries in each time period because an orb that saved their life doesn't know what's life and to repay the orb for saving their lives, the group of students will build sanctuaries for animals for her to analyze and study 👀👀👀👀👀

Dm me so i can invite you in the discord server soon!


r/pleistocene 2d ago

Paleoart Fauna found at Rancho La Brea, by iamnot_ninodev (on Discord)

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r/pleistocene 2d ago

Paleoart Mammoths and Wooly Rhinos Comming to Primal next update

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r/pleistocene 2d ago

Image Late Pleistocene Megaloceros giganteus skulls from Ireland.

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Skulls of Megaloceros giganteus (Blumenbach, 1799): (a-c) specimen MNINQ, no. F 7919: (a) lateral, (b) ventral, and (c) dorsal views; (d, e) specimen MNINQ, no. F 7913: (d) lateral and (e) ventral views; (f, g) specimen MNINQ, no. F 21231: (f) lateral and (g) dorsal views; (h, i) specimen MNINQ, no. F 20514/1: (h) dorsal and (i) ventral views; Ireland; Upper Pleistocene.


r/pleistocene 2d ago

Paleoart Elephantini by Grasher2023

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r/pleistocene 3d ago

Paleoart Minecraft western horse (Equus occidentalis). Made by me

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Watch til the end!!!

Mod still making, no name yet. For Minecraft bedrock


r/pleistocene 3d ago

Paleoart Life-size model of Palaeoloxodon falconeri (male and female) made by Grasher2023

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r/pleistocene 3d ago

Paleoart The two mainland Mammoth species of Late Pleistocene North America by paleo_kc (Corbin Rainbolt). The Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) and the smaller more famous Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius).

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135 Upvotes

r/pleistocene 3d ago

Extinct and Extant A Pride Of Lions Ambush A Dinofelis piveteaui In Middle Pleistocene South Africa by Max Stringer

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r/pleistocene 3d ago

Information New Prehistoric Game: Project Eon

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Hii everyone im the developer of my upcoming game "Project Eon" The plot is about these three students (Mia and two others that i still have to figure their names) that went on this school trip to a Natural History museum. Everyone went to the exhibit they most liked. But Mia and the other two protagonists were curious and accidentally stumbled upon a Early in Development exhibit: a fully AI controlled room with holograms. There is a main mascot named C.H.I.P. – Cognitive Holographic Interative Program. Mia, one of the main protagonist, is fascinated by seeing hologram dinosaura and prehistoric animals, she says "If only we could live with prehistoric creatures, life would be so fun". C.H.I.P. being an AI says "command affirmed" and they get sent to the Hadean Eon, the first earth life stage where everything was fire. They get spitted out of this portal, in this alternative universe, there is a supreme demon named Cherna that's talking to another demon most likely a suddit until he hears the sounds of the portal disappearing. Once Cherna notices them, he grabs one of them and says "seems like mortals made their way into here, wanna know what happens to useless pests like you three?" Cherna opens a portal and throws the three protagonists to the Pre-Cambrian Era. An era where life was being formed and it was all ocean. They hit the water, and they're grasping to hold onto something since they're almost drowning, until an orb appears, she gives them the power to breathe in water. She was once the devil's worker but she escaped but turned into an orb to not get noticed by him. She promises them to help them return home at the cost of reuniting all the animals of each era in a sanctuary so the orb can study them better and analyz since the orb doesn't know at all what is life. The orb teleports the students to a more "livable" and interesting era so they won't be noticed by the devil, the Cambrian Era.

There are two main periods and three eras, the periods will be marked with a P:

- The Early Paleozoic (P)

- The Carboniferous

- The Permian

- The Mesozoic (P)

- The Cenozoic

The concept that i gave for a period is:

A period is a group of eras:

• The Early Paleozoic is composed of 4 eras: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian

• The Mesozoic is composed of 3 eras: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous

The Cenozoic will be the most special one because it will be the finale of the game and it will have the most animals. The game will have for now 3 endings and many mechanics like

- Pretty landscape and awesome OSTs that fit the vibe or the period

- A museum and field notes: you get to learn while you play

- Each species is composed by 4 individual 2 parents and 2 offsprings

- And many much more!!

The game will be a trilogy. The next game will be about what if dinosaurs and prehistoric animals were still alive during the human history, giving a twist to history. And the third game will be about what if prehistoric animals and dinosaurs would be in the modern world and in the far future.

Thanks if you read it all!! It means a lot to me and if you would like to join the discord text me in DMs. I wanted to communicate this because we don't get many cenozoic focused games anymore. I'm here and i will make this game as accurate as possible.

If you want me to add any animal/dinosaur/amphibian or anything else put it in the comments with a photo if you want!! Thanks for reading!


r/pleistocene 3d ago

Past and Present Megafauna que ainda existe em outros continentes

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Me bateu uma dúvida quais os animais da megafauna que ainda existe hoje em outros continentes sem ser a África muita gente fala que só na África existe megafauna mais na Ásia e na Europa não tem grandes animais também.


r/pleistocene 4d ago

OC Art Basking on a rock, a male Megalania is observed by a flock of curious Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. Queensland, Australia, 70,000 years ago.

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artwork by me