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The Holocene Epoch: Understanding Our Current Geological Age

 
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Recent Epoch

Recent (or Holocene, ) Epoch, the present geological age. It follows the Pleistocene Epoch and starts after the last Glacial Period, about 10,000-11,000 years ago. With the Pleistocene Epoch, it forms the Quaternary Period.