Recent
nom propreadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
The Holocene.
nom propre
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obsolèteThe 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.
Étymologie
As classifier for a geological epoch coinciding with human presence (“Recent era”) introduced by Charles Lyell in 1833.
adjectif
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obsolèteOf the Holocene, particularly pre-21st century.