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25 paź 2024 · Holocene Epoch, younger of the two formally recognized epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period and the latest interval of geologic time, covering approximately the last 11,700 years of Earth’s history.
There are many famous examples of extinctions within Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, North and South America, and on smaller islands. Overall, the Holocene extinction can be linked to the human impact on the environment.
27 mar 2013 · The Holocene Epoch began 12,000 to 11,500 years ago at the close of the Paleolithic Ice Age and continues through today. As Earth entered a warming trend, the glaciers of the late Paleolithic ...
27 sie 2023 · The Holocene is an epoch marked by remarkable climatic stability, providing a cradle for human civilization. It is characterized by a transition from a glacial period to a warm era, allowing humans to move from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to complex civilizations.
29 sie 2019 · Let’s take a step back and tell the story of how we got to the Holocene. The Cenozoic Era started 66 million years ago with the extinction of the dinosaurs, at a time when massive volcanic eruptions and a huge meteorite impact caused enormous changes to life on earth.
This chapter describes some of the extent of past human impacts on forest ecosystems in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific region, and outlines approaches used to reconstruct human impacts and the spatio-temporal signature of these impacts on forests through a series of case studies.
The Holocene Epoch. To observe a Holocene environment, simply look around you! The Holocene is the name given to the last 11,700 years* of the Earth's history — the time since the end of the last major glacial epoch, or "ice age."