As the author observes: “Agriculture may not have been impossible before the Holocene, but it suited conditions perfectly after its onset.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/05/the-earth-transformed-by-peter-frankopan-review-why-humans-have-always-been-under-the-weather

A study from the University of California, Davis, synthesizes across the Western U.S. during a relatively recent period of Earth's history—the Holocene Era, which stretches from the present day to the past 11,000 years.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-reveals-shifting-climate-trends-western.html

But I’ll admit, I shed a tear or two (definitely more) at “Holocene” like the rest of them.

Source: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/08/pitchfork-fest-2023/