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The 55 pages that link to Holocene, each with the reason it gives.

• PleistoceneCompared with: Its beginning marks the Pleistocene’s formal end.

• Neolithic RevolutionNarrower topic: The early farming transition unfolded amid the Holocene’s generally warmer, more stable climate.

• Geologic time scaleBroader topic: It is the present epoch in the formal time scale.

• Persian GulfRelated: Rising sea levels during this epoch flooded the gulf basin and reshaped its shores.

• AnthropoceneCompared with: The Anthropocene proposal asks whether human-driven change warrants replacing the Holocene as the present epoch.

• PaleoclimateBroader topic: Its records show natural climate variability during the relatively warm interval preceding industrial warming.

• Fertile CrescentRelated: Its warming climate reshaped the environments in which regional cultivation developed.

• CenozoicBroader topic: It is the present epoch at the end of the Cenozoic.

• Younger DryasRelated: Its onset marks the abrupt end of the Younger Dryas in the standard chronology.

• Mediterranean basinNarrower topic: Human land use that transformed the basin expanded throughout this epoch.

• North China PlainNarrower topic: Much of the plain’s recent alluvial landscape developed during this epoch.

• Jōmon periodNarrower topic: Much of Jōmon history unfolded as Holocene warming transformed Japanese ecosystems.

• Ubaid periodNarrower topic: The Ubaid period unfolded amid Holocene environmental changes affecting river plains and coastlines.

• Deep timeBroader topic: Its brief duration highlights how recent human civilization is in geological terms.

• International Commission on StratigraphyBroader topic: Its formal lower boundary illustrates how a recent interval receives global definition.

• Mississippi River DeltaRelated: Most of the modern Mississippi delta plain formed during this epoch.

• NeogeneBroader topic: It is the latest epoch included in the current Neogene.

• Holocene extinctionNarrower topic: The extinction pattern takes its name from the epoch in which it unfolded.

• Ice ageRelated: Its warm conditions are an interglacial within the ongoing Quaternary ice age.

• Nile floodNarrower topic: The Nile’s flood regime and Egyptian settlement developed within this epoch’s changing climate.

• BisonNarrower topic: Bison populations and human relationships changed greatly during this epoch.

• PrehistoryRelated: Its changing climates frame agriculture, settled life, and later prehistoric societies.

• QuaternaryBroader topic: It is the interglacial epoch occupying the latest part of the Quaternary.

• Nabta PlayaNarrower topic: The site's occupation and climatic setting fall within this epoch.

• Red River DeltaRelated: Much of the delta's modern surface accumulated during this epoch.

• The FensNarrower topic: The Fens’ wetlands formed within the changing climate and coastlines of this epoch.

• InterglacialBroader topic: It is the current interglacial, within which human civilizations developed.

• AurochsNarrower topic: Most documented aurochs history unfolded during this epoch.

• DoggerlandRelated: Its warming climate drove the sea-level rise that inundated Doggerland.

• Post-glacial reboundRelated: Rebound during the Holocene preserves evidence of how adjustment evolves over millennia.

• Geologic timeBroader topic: It is the latest formally recognized epoch on the geologic time scale.

• Mesopotamian MarshesNarrower topic: The marsh landscape developed amid Holocene changes in river courses and sea level.

• Oak savannaNarrower topic: Postglacial climate and vegetation shifts formed the setting for many North American savannas.

• Irish elkRelated: Irish elk survived into the early part of this epoch.

• Late Pleistocene extinctionsRelated: Many regional extinctions and island survivals continued across the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary.

• Venetian LagoonNarrower topic: Postglacial sea-level rise during the Holocene helped form the lagoon.

• African wild assRelated: Donkey domestication and major changes in wild ass populations occurred during this epoch.

• PaleolimnologyRelated: Many lake records trace climate and ecological change across this epoch.

• VatnajökullRelated: Vatnajökull’s present ice cap developed within Iceland’s Holocene climate and volcanic history.

• Big HistoryBroader topic: Its stable climate helped enable agriculture and settled human societies.

• Last InterglacialCompared with: It is the present interglacial, with different orbital conditions and human influences.

• Würm glaciationBroader topic: It followed the Würm and contains the postglacial landscape of the Alps.

• Chott el DjeridRelated: Holocene climate shifts altered water supply and helped shape the modern desert basin.

• Holocene calendarNarrower topic: The calendar takes its name and proposed starting point from this geological epoch.

• Holocene climatic optimumNarrower topic: The climatic optimum is one interval within this longer epoch.

• Lake TaiRelated: Holocene sea-level and sediment changes helped shape the region around Lake Tai.

• EpipalaeolithicRelated: Many Epipalaeolithic cultures developed during the climatic shift into the Holocene.

• Glacier PeakRelated: Several of Glacier Peak’s major explosive eruptions occurred during this epoch.

• North African elephantRelated: The population’s historical presence and disappearance fall within this epoch.

• Old TjikkoRelated: The root system’s estimated age places its origin in the early Holocene.