Paul D Stewart / Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the last wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862. It is entitled 'Pachydermata and C...

John Cancalosi / Fossil Mammoth tooth {Mammuthus meridinalis} Pleistocene S Carolina USA

Franco Banfi / Jawbone of extinct Gamssulzen cave bear (Ursus ingressus) that lived in Central Europe during the late pleistocene. Krizna Jama / Cross cave, Loz valley, Bloska Polica, Slovenia.

Franco Banfi / Skull of extinct Gamssulzen cave bear (Ursus ingressus) that lived in Central Europe during the late pleistocene. Krizna Jama / Cross cave, Bloska Polica, Loz valley, Slovenia.

Will Watson / The Naze Tower built in 1720 and sandy cliffs composed of Pleistocene Red Crag Formation, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK September 2012

Will Watson / Sandy cliffs of Pleistocene Red Crag Formation, located above London Clay, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, UK September 2010

Nigel Bean / Skull of extinct Harrington's mountain goat {Oreamnos harringtoni} AZ, USA. Late pleistocene period. Grand canyon

Nigel Bean / Preserved dung of extinct Shasta ground sloth. AZ, USA {Nothrotheriops shastensis} Rampart cave, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Late Pleistocene

Nigel Bean / Preserved dung of extinct Columbian mammoth {Mammuthus columbi} Utah, USA. 15000 yrs Bechan cave. Late pleistocene period

Nigel Bean / Woodrat midden preserved in Grand Canyon from late Pleistocene period. Arizona, USA {Neotoma sp} over 20,000 yrs old. Seeds identified help to reconstruct past vegetation cover of continent.

Nigel Bean / Woodrat faecal pellets + Juniper seeds preserved from late Pleistocene period AZ, USA found in preserved Woodrat midden {Neotoma sp}

Kevin Schafer / Varve sediment layers, indicative of Pleistocene inter-glacial lake sediments, Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington