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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Holocene</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Quaternary</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Anthropocene</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Holocene epoch</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The second epoch of the Quaternary and the most recent geologic interval of time. It extends from about 10,000 BCE to the present. It coincides with the late and post-Stone Age history of the human species. ]]></note></mads>