\[ **BT: [[geologic time]] | [[prehistory]] | [[history]]** ] --- # the Holocene The Holocene is the fourth and final sub-division of the [[geologic time#Quaternary|Quaternary period]]; it comes after the [[Pleistocene]].[^1] This is the geological epoch in which we currently find ourselves living. Unless, of course, you follow the idea of the [[Anthropocene]]. - see also: - [[prehistory]] - [[Neolithic]] - [[history]] - [[history--Australia]] - [[history--China]] - [[history--Europe]] - [[history--West Asia]] [^1]: International Commission on Stratigraphy, ‘[[ICS, ‘International Chronostratigraphic Chart’, 2024|International Chronostratigraphic Chart]]’, International Commission on Stratigraphy, December 2024, [https://stratigraphy.org/chart/](https://stratigraphy.org/chart/).