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When did the Ice Age occur?

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Start of Paleolithic Era.
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End of Paleolithic Era and start of Mesolithic Era.
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End of Mesolithic Era and start of Neolithic Era.
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End of Neolithic Era.
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The correct option is A Start of Paleolithic Era.
The Ice Age or the Pleistocene Epoch, which is its scientific name, started with the Paleolithic Era and ended with the start of the Mesolithic Era. The Pleistocene Epoch was when there were many sheets of ice and glaciers, with a decrease in Earth's temperatures.

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