<P> The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas , encompassing the period c. 110,000 -- c. 11,700 years ago . This most recent glacial period is part of a larger pattern of glacial and interglacial periods known as the Quaternary glaciation extending from c. 2,588,000 years ago to present . </P>
<P> The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas , encompassing the period c. 110,000 -- c. 11,700 years ago . This most recent glacial period is part of a larger pattern of glacial and interglacial periods known as the Quaternary glaciation extending from c. 2,588,000 years ago to present . </P>
when did the most recent glacial period occur
when did the most recent glacial period occur
c. 110,000 -- c. 11,700 years ago
c. 110,000 -- c. 11,700 years ago