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An age of global drying and glaciation
An age of global drying and glaciation
The Calabrian (1.80–0.774 Ma) is the second age in the Pleistocene, occurring after the Gelasian, and before the Ionian.
Geologic Age
Geologic Age
1,800,000–774,000 years ago
Eon / Era / Period / Epoch
Eon / Era / Period / Epoch
What happened during this time?
What happened during this time?
The end of the stage is defined by the last magnetic pole reversal (781,000 ± 5,000 Ka)
Earth enters an ice age and global drying possibly colder
Homo erectus and Homo ergaster were the first hominids to leave Africa, and spread through Africa, Asia, and Europe between 1.3 to 1.8 million years ago
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