. "The Holocene /\u02C8h\u0252l\u0275si\u02D0n/ is the geological epoch that began after the Pleistocene at approximately 11,700 years BP and continues to the present. The Holocene is part of the Quaternary period. Its name comes from the Greek words \u1F45\u03BB\u03BF\u03C2 (holos, whole or entire) and \u03BA\u03B1\u03B9\u03BD\u03CC\u03C2 (kainos, new), meaning \"entirely recent\"."@en . . .