Early Pleistocene (also known as Lower Pleistocene, or Calabrian) is a stage of the PleistoceneEpoch. The beginning of the stage is defined at 1.806 ± 0.005 Ma (million years ago). The end of the stage is defined by the last magnetic pole reversal 781,000 ± 5,000 years ago. Faunal stages are a subdivision of geologic time used primarily by paleontologists who study fossils rather than by geologists who study rock formations. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Pleistocene Epoch is part of the geologic timescale, usually dated as 1. ... The word epoch can mean either an interval of time, or a particular point in time used as a reference point. ... Mega-annum, usually abbreviated as Ma, is a unit of time equal to one million years. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Magnetic polarity reversal. ...