| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:geological_formation 
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                                | gptkbp:beganIn | approximately 11,700 years ago 
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                                | gptkbp:characterizedBy | development of human civilizations relatively stable climate
 
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                                | gptkbp:climate | generally warm and stable 
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                                | gptkbp:definedIn | gptkb:Global_Boundary_Stratotype_Section_and_Point_(GSSP) 
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                                | gptkbp:dividedInto | gptkb:Greenlandian gptkb:Meghalayan
 gptkb:Northgrippian
 
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                                | gptkbp:duration | from 11,700 years ago to present 
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                                | gptkbp:fauna | modern species 
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                                | gptkbp:flora | modern vegetation 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Pleistocene_Epoch 
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                                | gptkbp:GSSPDate | 2008 
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                                | gptkbp:humanImpact | significant 
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                                | gptkbp:includes | current interglacial period 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:NGRIP1_ice_core,_Greenland 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:industrial_revolution agricultural revolution
 modern climate change
 rise of cities
 
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                                | gptkbp:partOf | gptkb:Quaternary_Period 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Pleistocene_Epoch 
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                                | gptkbp:recognizedBy | gptkb:International_Commission_on_Stratigraphy 
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                                | gptkbp:sometimesConsideredToInclude | Anthropocene (debated) 
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                                | gptkbp:stratotypeLocation | gptkb:North_Greenland_Ice_Core_Project 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Anthropocene_(proposed) 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Quaternary_Period gptkb:The_Great_Ice_Age
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Holocene Epoch 
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