Holocene

Also known as Holocene Epoch

The Holocene () 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 glacial cycles of the Quaternary, and is equivalent to Marine Isotope Stage 1.

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The Holocene is the current geological epoch that began roughly 11,700 years ago after the last ice age ended. It matters because it represents the relatively warm and stable climate period in which all of human civilization has developed, and it continues to shape Earth's environment today.

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Geologic timespan.image_map: File:Mollweide.jpg
Geologic timespan.caption_map: Map of Earth as it appears during the current Holocene Epoch, Meghalayan Age
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Geologic timespan.usage: Global (ICS)
Geologic timespan.timescales_used: ICS Time Scale
Geologic timespan.chrono_unit: Epoch
Geologic timespan.strat_unit: Series
Geologic timespan.timespan_formality: Formal
Geologic timespan.lower_boundary_def: End of the Younger Dryas stadial.
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_location: NGRIP2 ice core, Greenland
Geologic timespan.lower_gssp_accept_date: 2008
Geologic timespan.upper_boundary_def: Present day

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Commons category: Holocene
start time: 9701-00-00
sRGB color hex triplet: FEEBD2
IPA transcription: /ˈhɒl.əsiːn/

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Etymology
Overview
Geology
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Central Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
North America
South America
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Ecological developments
Human developments
Extinction event
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The Holocene correlates with the last maximum axial tilt towards the Sun of the Earth's obliquity. The Holocene corresponds with the rapid proliferation, growth, and impacts of the human species worldwide, hence the Holocene is often commonly referred to as the Age of Humans, including all of its written history, technological revolutions, development of major civilizations, and overall significant transition towards urban living in the present. The human impact on modern-era Earth and its ecosystems may be considered of global significance for the future evolution of living species, including approximately synchronous lithospheric evidence, or more recently hydrospheric and atmospheric evidence of the human impact.