Holocene

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The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning around 11,700 years ago, characterized by relatively stable climate conditions and the development of human civilizations.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of the Holocene (The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning around 11,700 years ago, characterized by relatively stable climate conditions and the development of human civilizations.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epoch of the Quaternary Period ⓘ
geological epoch ⓘ
biota modern flora and fauna distributions ⓘ
characterizedBy development of human civilizations ⓘ
expansion of agriculture ⓘ
interglacial conditions ⓘ
rapid human population growth ⓘ
relatively stable climate ⓘ
rise of urban societies ⓘ
significant anthropogenic environmental change ⓘ
climateType warm period relative to preceding Pleistocene glaciations ⓘ
containsEvent 4.2 kiloyear event ⓘ
8.2 kiloyear event ⓘ
Great Acceleration ⓘ
Holocene climatic optimum ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
development of writing systems ⓘ
duration on the order of 11,700 years so far ⓘ
etymology from Greek words meaning "entirely recent" ⓘ
follows Pleistocene ⓘ
hasBoundaryDefinition defined by changes in Greenland ice core records ⓘ
defined by end of Younger Dryas cold event ⓘ
hasChronostratigraphicUnit Holocene Series ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
hasFormalStatus formal chronostratigraphic unit ⓘ
hasStage Greenlandian ⓘ
Meghalayan ⓘ
Northgrippian ⓘ
includes development of complex states and empires ⓘ
entire history of recorded human civilization ⓘ
modern climate and sea-level conditions ⓘ
isPartOf Cenozoic Era ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic

Phanerozoic Eon ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
partOf Quaternary Period ⓘ
linked to: Quaternary period
precededBy Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
recognizedBy International Commission on Stratigraphy ⓘ
International Union of Geological Sciences ⓘ
relatedConcept Anthropocene ⓘ
seaLevelChange postglacial sea-level rise ⓘ
relative stabilization of sea level in mid to late Holocene ⓘ
startTime approximately 11,700 years ago ⓘ
approximately 9700 BCE ⓘ
end of the last glacial period ⓘ
timeScaleUnit epoch on the geologic time scale ⓘ

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Baltic Sea → formedDuring → Holocene ⓘ
Bon Iver → notableSong → Holocene ⓘ
Holocene → hasChronostratigraphicUnit → Holocene Series ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Cenozoic → contains → Holocene Epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Mount Adams → lastEruption → Holocene ⓘ
Pleistocene epoch → followedBy → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Mount Jefferson → lastEruption → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Quaternary period → precedes → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Quaternary period → hasEpoch → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Quaternary period → subdividedInto → Early Holocene ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Quaternary period → subdividedInto → Late Holocene ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Mount Meager massif → lastEruption → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Anthropocene → follows → Holocene ⓘ
Archaic period in the Americas → temporalOverlapWith → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Mount Bachelor → lastEruption → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Klyuchevskoy → age → Holocene ⓘ
Polynesian outliers → hasHistoricalPeriod → Late Holocene ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Lyell Glacier → geologicalPeriodOfFormation → Late Holocene ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Cinder Cone → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Painted Dunes → geologicalAge → Holocene (approximate) ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Mutnovsky → hasGeologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Gorely → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Chaos Crags → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Wisconsin glaciation → followedBy → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Arenal → age → Holocene ⓘ
American Falls → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Sarigan → lastEruption → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Mount Pico → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
East Lake → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Paulina Lake → geologicAge → Holocene ⓘ
4.2 kiloyear event → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
Easter Island volcanic complex → lastMajorActivity → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Wizard Island → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Greenlandian → partOf → Holocene ⓘ
Greenlandian → subdivides → Holocene into three ages ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Greenlandian → epoch → Holocene ⓘ
Northgrippian → partOf → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Holocene climatic optimum → partOf → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Holocene climatic optimum → temporalLocation → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene
Sakurajima → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Mount Mazama → eruptionAge → Holocene ⓘ
Maunga Terevaka → geologicalAge → Holocene ⓘ
Meghalayan → partOf → Holocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Holocene