A Fossil Bed dating back to the Holocene period has been recently discovered in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
About Holocene Epoch:
It is the current period of geologic time.
The term was introduced by Gervais in 1869 and was accepted as part of valid geological nomenclature by the International Geological Congress in 1885.
Another term that is sometimes used is the ‘’Anthropocene Epoch’’, because its primary characteristic is the global changes caused by human activity.
The Holocene Epoch began 12,000 to 11,500 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age (the Pleistocene Epoch) and continues to the present.
Continental motions are negligible over a span of only 10,000 years—less than a kilometer. However, ice melt caused world sea levels to rise about 35 meters in the early part of the Holocene.
It is marked by a significant warming trend and relative climate stability compared to the previous glacial period.
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