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Definition of Holocene epoch
1. Noun. Approximately the last 10,000 years.
Group relationships: Age Of Man, Quaternary, Quaternary Period
Generic synonyms: Epoch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holocene Epoch
Literary usage of Holocene epoch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... 10000-11000 Holocene epoch (trace) 9000 5000 (trace) age? 11000-13000 Pleistocene
Epoch age ? (1% pollen) 40000 (1% pollen) 20000 (trace) 10000 (trace) ..."
2. Landscape Archaeology in Southern Epirus, Greece 1 by James Wiseman (2003)
"... embayment during the Holocene epoch (10000 BP to present). RELATIVE SEA LEVEL
AND LOCAL TECTONISM Change in relative sea ..."
3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"early Holocene epoch, the climate apparently dramatically changed to warmer and
drier conditions. As a result, rich mixed coniferous forests expanded in ..."
4. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"We are currently in the Holocene epoch (9000 BC onwards) of the Quaternary
Period (1.8 million BC. onwards) of the Cenozoic Era (65 million ..."