Holocene

See also: holocène and Holocène

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

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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Proper noun

the Holocene

  1. (geology) The Holocene epoch.

Derived terms

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See also

  • Appendix:Geologic timescale

References

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

Further reading

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