Dryas recentior [1] [2] fuit frigiditas subita quae ad terminum epochae Pleistocaenae accidit inter annorum circiter 12.8 milium et 11.7 milium a.p. Exstinctio Quaternaria tarda (praecipue magnorum animalium ) eodem tempore refertur.
Evolutio climatica ab anno 20 000 a.p. Dryas recentior sagitta rubra indicatur
Haec appellatio a Vicipaediano e lingua indigena in sermonem Latinum conversa est. Extra Vicipaediam huius locutionis testificatio vix inveniri potest.
Haud dissimiliter linguis vernacularibus, e.g. Francogallice Dryas récent ; Theodisce Jüngere Dryaszeit ; Anglice Younger Dryas
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