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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Holocene /ˈhɒləsiːn/

▶adjective Geology relating to or denoting the present epoch (from about 10,000 years ago, following the Pleistocene).

– origin C19: coined in Fr. from holo- + Gk kainos ‘new’.

'Holocene' also found in these Oxford entries:

Pleistocene - quaternary - recent

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