kybp

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Noun

kybp pl (plural only)

  1. Initialism of kiloyears before present.
    • 2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789:
      In H 2, the recent colonization model, population 2 is modeled as being colonized from refugial population 1 subsequent to the LGM (0 to 20 kybp; Fig. 3A ).