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Meanings of holocene in English

Russian
голоцен
Portuguese
pré-boreal
Spanish
serie holoceno
Catalan
període holocè
Wikidata

Second and current epoch of the Quaternary period.

Related terms
голоцен
Portuguese
holoceno
Catalan
postglacial

Approximately the last 10,000 years.

holoceno
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Examples for "holocene epoch"
Examples for "holocene epoch"
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We are in the Holocene epoch, which dates back 11,700 years.
Radio NZ
Usage of holocene in English
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As the Holocene mass extinction rushes on, which species will be left?
The sound of a wild snail eating
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Some of these hydrocarbons occur in soil and peat environments of Holocene age.
Pubmed
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The Earth is currently in another interglacial period called Holocene.
The South African
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But this method can be used for late Pleistocene and Holocene samples.)
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
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Funds launching this year include Brandon Haley's Holocene Advisors and Ben Melkman's Light Sky Macro.
Reuters
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The Earth is so profoundly changed that the Holocene must give way to the Anthropocene.
The Guardian
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Some changed in response to the development of agricultural subsistence systems in the Early and Middle Holocene.
Pubmed
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In anthropological terms, that's the early Holocene -shortly after the last Ice Age reached its peak.
News.com.au
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This scenario fits the Holocene to a first approximation, but the late Pleistocene is a great puzzle.
Pubmed
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As far as they're concerned, the Holocene is so last week and the Anthropocene is where it's at.
The Irish Times
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We are in the Holocene epoch, which dates back 11,700 years.
Radio NZ
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In the words of a recent paper, 'agriculture was impossible during the last glacial, but compulsory in the Holocene'.
The Rational Optimist
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Some are relatively easily explained, such as the continued settlement of recent, or Holocene, deposits that line the river.
BBC
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After the Pleistocene and the Holocene the planet's Anthropocene epoch finds the latest anthropoid species swarming out of control.
The Irish Times
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We propose that the warm pool thermocline warming ultimately reduced the interannual ENSO activity in the Early to Middle Holocene.
Pubmed
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Warming this century is not only likely to greatly exceed the Holocene's natural multidecadal temperature fluctuations but to occur faster.
Pubmed