Talk:Pleistocene
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Added the hominids section since the Pleistocene was the most important epoch in human evolution, I'll add more information later --Uncle J 02:00, 19 June 2007 (BST)
- Should we split the hominids section off into its own article? I only suggest this as there were so many other important things biologically happening in the Pleistocene besides human evolution... We could set up a page for the genus Homo, too.--Mr A. 15:08, 15 July 2007 (BST)
- We could add the hominids section onto the Human evolution article.--Fang 23 15:13, 15 July 2007 (BST)
- I think the Pleistocene was such an important epoch for human evolution that the hominids section should stay. I do think that the article should be expanded though to include information about glaciations and about Pleistocene megafauana. A section about Pleistocene-Holocene extinctions can also be made. --Uncle J 22:07, 15 July 2007 (BST)
- Notice your wording there J: "the Pleistocene was such an important epoch for human evolution", not "human evolution was such an important event for the Pleistocene epoch". If a person wanted to know about, say, Homo rudolfensis, they are not going to look here. Therefore, I too support these being on a more relevant page, such as Hominid, Human evolution or a separate page for each species. Then, in this article, we should talk about the Pleistocene, not detailing the animals living there (except just a brief listing). This article is not supposed to be about hominids nor megafauna, but about the Pleistocene. Feel free to talk about why the Pleistocene led to human evolution (climate variations, ice ages and drought), but I don't feel that we should discuss hominids in this section.--Doddy 10:52, 16 July 2007 (BST)
- We can leave in a summary of Pleistocene human evolution, i.e., rise of the genus Homo, extinction of the other genera, and then have more details and in-depth coverage on the species in Homo, and "Pleistocene Human Evolution." The Pliocene was also an extremely important epoch for human evolution, also.--Mr A. 13:32, 16 July 2007 (BST)
- Well if we don't talk about megafauna and human evolution what else is there to talk about besides glaciations? --Uncle J 15:40, 17 July 2007 (BST)
- I'm not saying that we don't talk about megafauna and human evolution here, I'm suggesting that we summarize them here, and expand on them in their own respective articles, e.g., "Pleistocene Human Evolution" and "Pleistocene Megafauna." That way, when we start on the other articles, we won't simply be copy and pasting from one page to another.--Mr A. 17:32, 17 July 2007 (BST)
- Most of what we have currently isn't about the Pleistocene. I think that seeing as we have absolutely nothing on the pages titled: Homo ergaster, Homo erectus, Homo rudolfensis, Homo neanderthalensis and so on, these brief descriptions should be moved to those pages. Alternatively, they could be moved to Homo and link to the species-speficic pages, which would then be expanded.--Doddy 04:28, 18 July 2007 (BST)
- Well if we don't talk about megafauna and human evolution what else is there to talk about besides glaciations? --Uncle J 15:40, 17 July 2007 (BST)
- We can leave in a summary of Pleistocene human evolution, i.e., rise of the genus Homo, extinction of the other genera, and then have more details and in-depth coverage on the species in Homo, and "Pleistocene Human Evolution." The Pliocene was also an extremely important epoch for human evolution, also.--Mr A. 13:32, 16 July 2007 (BST)
- Notice your wording there J: "the Pleistocene was such an important epoch for human evolution", not "human evolution was such an important event for the Pleistocene epoch". If a person wanted to know about, say, Homo rudolfensis, they are not going to look here. Therefore, I too support these being on a more relevant page, such as Hominid, Human evolution or a separate page for each species. Then, in this article, we should talk about the Pleistocene, not detailing the animals living there (except just a brief listing). This article is not supposed to be about hominids nor megafauna, but about the Pleistocene. Feel free to talk about why the Pleistocene led to human evolution (climate variations, ice ages and drought), but I don't feel that we should discuss hominids in this section.--Doddy 10:52, 16 July 2007 (BST)
- I think the Pleistocene was such an important epoch for human evolution that the hominids section should stay. I do think that the article should be expanded though to include information about glaciations and about Pleistocene megafauana. A section about Pleistocene-Holocene extinctions can also be made. --Uncle J 22:07, 15 July 2007 (BST)
- We could add the hominids section onto the Human evolution article.--Fang 23 15:13, 15 July 2007 (BST)
