Yan Mangarod was a Norwegian geologist born in 1937 in Oslo\nQuaternary period covers the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs\nHolocene is now dated to have begun 11,700 years ago (older estimates said 10,000 years)\nEnd of Younger Dryas marks the beginning of the Holocene\nEemian period lasted from 130,000 to 115,000 years ago (15,000 years)
Holocene Epoch Begins 11,600 Years Ago After Younger Dryas
Key facts
- Yan Mangarod was a Norwegian geologist born in 1937 in Oslo
- Quaternary period covers the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs
- Holocene is now dated to have begun 11,600 years ago (older estimates said 10,000 years)
- End of Younger Dryas marks the beginning of the Holocene
- Eemian period lasted from 116,000 to 129,000 years ago (13,000 years)
- During Eemian, sea levels may have been 20 feet higher than present
- Quaternary period begins roughly 2.5 million years ago
- Earliest tool-making hominins appeared around 2.5 million years ago
- Greenland ice cores extend back approximately 250,000 years
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