The current epoch, beginning as the last glacial period ended, and covering the whole of recorded human history: agriculture, cities, writing, all of it Holocene. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Start (Million Years Ago)Approximately 11,700 years ago per the cited article; the epoch is ongoing, so no end-mya is written. End (Million Years Ago)The Holocene is the current, ongoing epoch; 0 Mya marks the present day, the standard geologic timescale convention for an open upper boundary. Key EventThe retreat of the last ice sheets and the entire span of recorded human civilization, agriculture onward. 1 Holocene
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Anthropocene, Concepts Why this is disputed. Anthropocene is proposed as the epoch succeeding the Holocene, but the International Commission on Stratigraphy rejected formal ratification in 2024, so the Holocene remains the current live epoch of the geologic time scale.
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1. Geologic Time Scale (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Rank: Epoch
- Start (Million Years Ago): 0.0117
- Key Event: The retreat of the last ice sheets and the entire span of recorded human civilization, agriculture onward.
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The Holocene () is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
Ashdod Sand Dune (Wikipedia)
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The dunes are part of a belt of Holocene coastal aeolian dunefields that extend along the Eastern Mediterranean.
Capricorn and Bunker Group (Wikipedia)
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Geologically the cays are young, having developed during the Holocene period, they are mostly around 5000 years old.
Estuary (Wikipedia)
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Most existing estuaries originated during the Holocene epoch with the flooding of river-eroded or glacially scoured valleys when the sea level began to rise about 10,000-12,000 years ago.
Frisian Islands (Wikipedia)
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With the melting of the ice caps, the sea level rose, reaching the current coast line around the beginning of the Holocene era, approximately 7,000 years ago.
Goose Lake Valley (Wikipedia)
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Its underlying strata were formed by Pliocene and Pleistocene lava flows covered by Holocene sedimentary deposits.
Iztaccihuatl (Wikipedia)
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There have been andesitic and dacitic Pleistocene and Holocene eruptions from vents at or near the summit.
Licancabur (Wikipedia)
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Licancabur formed on top of ignimbrites produced by other volcanoes, and has been active during the Holocene.
Mexico Rocks (Wikipedia)
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The site consists of approximately 100 Holocene patch reefs clustered on a Pleistocene ridge of limestone and is composed predominantly of boulder star corals (Montastraea annularis).
Mount Asama (Wikipedia)
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The mountain is built up from non-alkali mafic and pyroclastic volcanic rocks dating from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene.
Mount Berlin (Wikipedia)
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The volcano began erupting during the Pliocene and was active into the late Pleistocene and the Holocene.
Ojos del Salado (Wikipedia)
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Ojos del Salado was volcanically active during the Pleistocene and Holocene, during which it mainly produced lava flows.
Pico de Orizaba (Wikipedia)
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Pico de Orizaba evolved in three stages, the most recent initiated about 16,000 years ago during the late Pleistocene and Holocene.
Stone town of Kuklica (Wikipedia)
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Aside from mystic stories and legends, the earth pyramid in Kuklica was formed as a result of natural erosion processes in the Holocene, during the past 100,000 years.
Tibesti Mountains (Wikipedia)
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The volcanic activity was the result of a continental hotspot that arose during the Oligocene and continued in some places until the Holocene, creating fumaroles, hot springs, mud pools and deposits of natron and sulfur.
Mount Baldy (sand dune) (Wikipedia)
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Holocene
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Etna
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constructed during the late Pleistocene and Holocene
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Vestmannaeyjar
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all ten subaerial vents on Heimaey are of Holocene age
Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program: Global Volcanism Program record for Kirishimayama
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The late-Pleistocene to Holocene dominantly andesitic group
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