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Which geologic period contains the Holocene Epoch?

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A detailed geologic time scale chart displaying Earth's history from the Hadean Eon over 4.5 billion years ago to the present, organized by eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages with color-coded columns and corresponding dates in millions of years. — Holocene Epoch The stratigraphic chart of geologic time.

The Holocene Epoch is contained within the Quaternary Period. This period, which extends from 2.6 million years ago to the present, also includes the Pleistocene Epoch.12