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proper nounadjectivecommon in dialogue

The Holocene.

proper noun

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    obsoleteThe Holocene.

    He [Charles Lyell] ignored Quaternary, a term he never accepted. The Recent addressed the age “tenanted by man,” which at the time barely extended beyond the chronicles of the Bible.

Etymology

As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.

adjective

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    obsoleteOf the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.

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