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Holocene

The Holocene (/ˈhɒl.əsiːn, -oʊ-, ˈhoʊ.lə-, -loʊ-/) is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago. It follows the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene together form the Quaternary period. The Holocene is an interglacial period within the ongoing…

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Celestial body
Earth
Chronological unit
Epoch
Lower boundary definition
End of the Younger Dryas stadial.
Lower GSSP ratified
2008
Name formality
Formal
Regional usage
Global (ICS)

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related to Human developments · 36
Holocene → Africa, Anatolia, Archaeological, Asia, BC, Because, BP, Central America, Climate, Culture, Cultures, Earth, Epipaleolithic, Europe, Federmesser, Final Chulmun, Göbekli Tepe, Hamburgian, In, It
related to East Asia · 23
Holocene → BP, Bronze Age, China, Early, Early Holocene, EASM, East Asian Summer Monsoon, Eastern, From, In, Japan, Lake Huguangyan's TOC, Late Holocene, Maunder Minima, Middle Holocene, Monsoonal, Northern China, Oort, Sea, Southwestern China
related to overview · 23
Holocene → BCE, BP, Britain, CE, Chile, Devensian, Europe, Flandrian, It, Llanquihue, Local, New Zealand, North America, Otiran, Pleistocene, Quaternary Stratigraphy, SQS, Stratigraphy, The Holocene, The International Commission
related to Africa · 20
Holocene → AD, Africa, African Humid Period, AHP, Around, BP, Early, East Africa, East African Monsoon, Indian Ocean, Intertropical Convergence Zone, ITCZ, Lake Lungué, Middle Holocene, North Africa, Sahara, Sahara Desert, The, The AHP, This
related to Further reading · 19
Holocene → Archaeological Science, Arnold, Battarbee, Bibcode, Birks, Global, Hunt, ISBN, Journal, London, Mackay, Malden, Massachusetts, Neil, Rabett, Roberts, Southeast Asia, The Holocene, Wiley-Blackwell
related to Middle East · 17
Holocene → Arabian Peninsula, During, Egypt, Fertile Crescent, In, Intertropical Convergence Zone, Late Holocene, Levant, Mesopotamia, Middle, Middle East, Middle Holocene, Neolithic Revolution, Persian Gulf, The Early Holocene, This, Younger Dryas
related to Central Asia · 16
Holocene → After, An, Bayanbulak Basin, BP, Central Asia, Cyperaceae, Holocene's, In, In Xinjiang, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Sand, Swan Lake, The Tarim Basin, Tian Shan, Tibetan Plateau, Tien Shan
related to Ecological developments · 16
Holocene → Adriatic, Africa, Cervus, In, Irish, Late Pleistocene, Mammuthus, Megafauna, Megaloceros, Pleistocene, Russia, Siberia, Surviving, The, Throughout, Wrangel Island
related to Climate · 15
Holocene → At, Bond, BP, Climate, From, Greenland, Holocene Epoch, Late Holocene, Laurentide Ice Sheet, Marine, North Atlantic, Periodicities, The, The Greenland, Younger Dryas
related to Europe · 14
Holocene → Aitoliko Lagoon, Although, BP, Drangajökull, Early, French Alps, Iceland's, In, In Northern Germany, Last Glacial Period, Middle Ages, Middle Holocene, Northern Germany, The

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bp climate period years epoch human 000 late north 500 around middle present pleistocene sea age region glacial ice 200

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HoloceneCelestial bodyEarth1.00infobox
HoloceneChronological unitEpoch1.00infobox
HoloceneLower boundary definitionEnd of the Younger Dryas stadial.1.00infobox
HoloceneLower boundary GSSPNGRIP2 ice core, Greenland .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-outpu…1.00infobox
HoloceneLower GSSP ratified20081.00infobox
HoloceneName formalityFormal1.00infobox
HoloceneRegional usageGlobal (ICS)1.00infobox
HoloceneStratigraphic unitSeries1.00infobox
HoloceneTime scale(s) usedICS Time Scale1.00infobox
HoloceneTime span formalityFormal1.00infobox
HoloceneUpper boundary definitionPresent day1.00infobox
HoloceneUpper boundary GSSPN/A N/A1.00infobox
HoloceneUpper GSSP ratifiedN/A1.00infobox
Holoceneis ainterglacial period within the ongoing glacial cycles of the Quaternary0.90text
Holoceneis apresent Meghalayan0.90text
Holoceneis ageologic epoch that follows directly after the Pleistocene0.90text
Holoceneis aarea of considerable uncertainty0.90text
Holoceneis aatypical interglacial that has not experienced significant cooling over its course0.90text

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