Recent

Definitions of Recent
  1. noun
    the epoch of geologic time from about 11,700 years ago to the present; the second and current epoch of the Quaternary period
    synonyms: Holocene, Holocene epoch, Recent epoch
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    epoch
    a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
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