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('''The beginning of the Holocene is 0.0117 Ma according to the 2009 INTERNATIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC CHART, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHY. Therefore, the date for the beginning of the Holocene should be changed in the Geologic Time Scale articl)
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[[Chronozone|chrons]]: [[Subatlantic (period) |Subatlantic]]{{·}}[[Subboreal (period)|Subboreal]]{{·}}[[Atlantic (period)|Atlantic]]{{·}}[[Boreal (period)|Boreal]]{{·}}[[Preboreal]]
 
[[Chronozone|chrons]]: [[Subatlantic (period) |Subatlantic]]{{·}}[[Subboreal (period)|Subboreal]]{{·}}[[Atlantic (period)|Atlantic]]{{·}}[[Boreal (period)|Boreal]]{{·}}[[Preboreal]]
 
|rowspan="1" | The [[last glacial period]] ends; rise of human [[civilization]]. [[Quaternary glaciation|Quaternary Ice Age]] recedes, and the current [[interglacial]] begins. [[Younger Dryas]] cold spell occurs, [[Sahara]] forms from savannah, and [[agriculture]] begins, allowing humans to build [[city|cities]]. [[Paleolithic]]/[[Neolithic]] ([[Stone Age]]) cultures begin around [[10th millennium BC|10000 BC]], giving way to [[Copper Age]] (3500 BC) and [[Bronze Age]] (2500 BC). Cultures continue to grow in complexity and technical advancement through the [[Iron Age]] (1200 BC), giving rise to [[Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures|many pre-historic cultures]] throughout the world, eventually leading into [[Classical Antiquity]], such as the [[Roman Empire]] and even to the [[Middle Ages]] and [[present day]]. [[Little Ice Age]] ([[stadial]]) causes brief cooling in [[Northern Hemisphere]] from 1400 to 1850. Also refer to the [[List of archaeological periods]] for clarification on early cultures and ages. [[Mount Tambora]] [[volcanic eruption|erupts]] in 1815, causing the [[Year Without a Summer]] (1816) in Europe and North America from a [[volcanic winter]]. Following the [[Industrial Revolution]], [[Earth's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] [[Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]] levels rise from around 280 [[parts per million]] volume (ppmv) to the current level of 390 ppmv.<ref name="atmospheric-carbon-dioxide">For more information on this, see the following articles: [[Earth's atmosphere]], [[carbon dioxide]], [[Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere]], [[global warming]], [[climate change]], [[:Image:Phanerozoic_Carbon_Dioxide.png]], [[:Image:65 Myr Climate Change.png]], [[:Image:Five Myr Climate Change.png]], and [[Template:DF temperature]]</ref>
 
|rowspan="1" | The [[last glacial period]] ends; rise of human [[civilization]]. [[Quaternary glaciation|Quaternary Ice Age]] recedes, and the current [[interglacial]] begins. [[Younger Dryas]] cold spell occurs, [[Sahara]] forms from savannah, and [[agriculture]] begins, allowing humans to build [[city|cities]]. [[Paleolithic]]/[[Neolithic]] ([[Stone Age]]) cultures begin around [[10th millennium BC|10000 BC]], giving way to [[Copper Age]] (3500 BC) and [[Bronze Age]] (2500 BC). Cultures continue to grow in complexity and technical advancement through the [[Iron Age]] (1200 BC), giving rise to [[Synoptic table of the principal old world prehistoric cultures|many pre-historic cultures]] throughout the world, eventually leading into [[Classical Antiquity]], such as the [[Roman Empire]] and even to the [[Middle Ages]] and [[present day]]. [[Little Ice Age]] ([[stadial]]) causes brief cooling in [[Northern Hemisphere]] from 1400 to 1850. Also refer to the [[List of archaeological periods]] for clarification on early cultures and ages. [[Mount Tambora]] [[volcanic eruption|erupts]] in 1815, causing the [[Year Without a Summer]] (1816) in Europe and North America from a [[volcanic winter]]. Following the [[Industrial Revolution]], [[Earth's atmosphere|Atmospheric]] [[Carbon dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>]] levels rise from around 280 [[parts per million]] volume (ppmv) to the current level of 390 ppmv.<ref name="atmospheric-carbon-dioxide">For more information on this, see the following articles: [[Earth's atmosphere]], [[carbon dioxide]], [[Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere]], [[global warming]], [[climate change]], [[:Image:Phanerozoic_Carbon_Dioxide.png]], [[:Image:65 Myr Climate Change.png]], [[:Image:Five Myr Climate Change.png]], and [[Template:DF temperature]]</ref>
|style="background:#ffffb3"| 0.011430&nbsp;±&nbsp;0.00013<ref name="cenozoic-division" /><ref name="holocene">The start time for the [[Holocene]] epoch is here given as [[Upper Paleolithic|11,700]] [[before present|years ago]]. For further discussion of the dating of this epoch, see [[Holocene]].</ref>
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|style="background:#ffffb3"| 0.011700&nbsp;±&nbsp;<ref name="cenozoic-division" /><ref name="holocene">The start time for the [[Holocene]] epoch is here given as [[Upper Paleolithic|11,700]] [[before present|years ago]]. For further discussion of the dating of this epoch, see [[Holocene]].</ref>
 
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|rowspan="4" style="background:#ffff62"| [[Pleistocene]]
 
|rowspan="4" style="background:#ffff62"| [[Pleistocene]]

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