Holocene

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See also: holocène and Holocène

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From French Holocène, based on holo- (whole) + Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, fresh, new). Coined to replace the earlier (1833) label Recent, formally submitted in 1867 and officially endorsed in 1969.[1] The concept is that this epoch is entirely (wholly) new.

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Holocene (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.
    Meronym: Anthropocene

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the Holocene

  1. (geology) The Holocene epoch.

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References

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  1. ^ Lydia Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne (2012) The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene[1], Penguin, →ISBN

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