Holocene

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epoch of the Quaternary Period geological epoch

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning around 11,700 years ago, characterized by relatively stable climate conditions and the development of human civilizations.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Holocene canonical 89
Holocene epoch 31
Late Holocene 6

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epoch of the Quaternary Period ⓘ
geological epoch ⓘ
biota modern flora and fauna distributions ⓘ
characterizedBy development of human civilizations ⓘ
expansion of agriculture ⓘ
interglacial conditions ⓘ
rapid human population growth ⓘ
relatively stable climate ⓘ
rise of urban societies ⓘ
significant anthropogenic environmental change ⓘ
climateType warm period relative to preceding Pleistocene glaciations ⓘ
containsEvent 4.2 kiloyear event ⓘ
8.2 kiloyear event ⓘ
Great Acceleration ⓘ
Holocene climatic optimum ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
development of writing systems ⓘ
duration on the order of 11,700 years so far ⓘ
etymology from Greek words meaning "entirely recent" ⓘ
follows Pleistocene ⓘ
hasBoundaryDefinition defined by changes in Greenland ice core records ⓘ
defined by end of Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ
hasChronostratigraphicUnit Holocene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Holocene Series
hasFormalStatus formal chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
hasStage Greenlandian ⓘ
Meghalayan ⓘ
Northgrippian ⓘ
includes development of complex states and empires ⓘ
entire history of recorded human civilization ⓘ
modern climate and sea-level conditions ⓘ
isPartOf Cenozoic ⓘ
surface form: Cenozoic Era

Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
partOf Quaternary period ⓘ
surface form: Quaternary Period
precededBy Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
surface form: Pleistocene
recognizedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
relatedConcept Anthropocene ⓘ
seaLevelChange postglacial sea-level rise ⓘ
relative stabilization of sea level in mid to late Holocene ⓘ
startTime approximately 11,700 years ago ⓘ
approximately 9700 BCE ⓘ
end of the last glacial period ⓘ
timeScaleUnit epoch on the geologic time scale ⓘ

Referenced by (134)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltic Sea → formedDuring → Holocene ⓘ
Bon Iver → notableSong → Holocene ⓘ
Mount Kilimanjaro → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
Holocene → hasChronostratigraphicUnit → Holocene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene Series
Bonneville Salt Flats → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Cenozoic → contains → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene Epoch
Mount Garibaldi → lastEruptionPeriod → Holocene ⓘ
Mount Adams → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch → followedBy → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Mount Jefferson → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Quaternary period → precedes → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Quaternary period → hasEpoch → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Quaternary period → subdividedInto → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Early Holocene
Quaternary period → subdividedInto → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Holocene
Mount Meager massif → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Littorina Sea → chronologicalPosition → Holocene ⓘ
Anthropocene → follows → Holocene ⓘ
Archaic period in the Americas → temporalOverlapWith → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Mount Bachelor → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Klyuchevskoy → age → Holocene ⓘ
Polynesian outliers → hasHistoricalPeriod → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Holocene
Lyell Glacier → geologicalPeriodOfFormation → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Holocene
Cinder Cone → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Painted Dunes → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene (approximate)
Mutnovsky → hasGeologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Gorely → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Chaos Crags → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Chaos Crags → lastMajorActivityEpoch → Holocene ⓘ
Wisconsin glaciation → followedBy → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Arenal → age → Holocene ⓘ
American Falls → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Sarigan → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Mount Pico → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
East Lake → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Paulina Lake → geologicAge → Holocene ⓘ
4.2 kiloyear event → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
Easter Island volcanic complex → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Easter Island volcanic complex → lastMajorActivity → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Wizard Island → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Greenlandian → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
Greenlandian → subdivides → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene into three ages
Greenlandian → epoch → Holocene ⓘ
Northgrippian → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Holocene climatic optimum → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Holocene climatic optimum → temporalLocation → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch
Sakurajima → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Mount Mazama → eruptionAge → Holocene ⓘ
Maunga Terevaka → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Meghalayan → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holocene epoch