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holocene period  

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  • The Holocene, derived from the Greek words holos and kainos meaning “entirely recent,” covers the most recent unit of geologic time. Marked by a major shift in climatic conditions, it spans the last 11,550 calendar years before the present time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Holocene Period]

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