The meaning of Holocene
Holocene – definition
adjectiveRelating to or denoting the present epoch, which is the second epoch in the quaternary period and followed the pleistocene.
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Subfossil material of the family has been recovered from holocene deposits on madagascar
nounThe present epoch or the system of deposits laid down during this time.
Usage examples:
Chapter six looks at the climate changes between the last glacial maximum and the holocene
adjectiveFrom or referring to the period of time beginning at the end of the pleistocene (= around 11,000 years ago) and continuing to the present
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The holocene epoch, an early holocene archeological site, the holocene has been a period of unusual…
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Word origin
late 19th century: coined in French from holo- ‘whole’ + Greek kainos ‘new’.
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