Sea levels during the Pleistocene, illustration. Sea levels were lower around the world during much of the Pleistocene. The period shown here is from

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Sea levels during the Pleistocene, illustration. Sea levels were lower around the world during much of the Pleistocene. The period shown here is from 25,000 years ago. Examples of land bridges are seen in the Bering Land Bridge, and around what is now the British Isles and the rest of North-Western Europe, and between what is now Australia and New Guinea. These areas of land were covered by rising seas around 11,000 years ago at the end of the most recent period of glaciation (the Last Glacial Period).

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