This period is similar to the Quaternary, but it also includes tool usage by close relatives of humans which were not humans yet.
It ends together with the pleistocene.
Agriculture is not the official definition of the age. But it is good enough. Likely related to the official end of glaciations thing.

Ancestors (18)

  1. Phanerozoic
  2. Eon
  3. Geologic time scale hierarchy
  4. Geologic time scale
  5. Earth science
  6. Earth
  7. Planet in the Solar System
  8. Solar System
  9. Orion Arm
  10. Arm of the Milky Way
  11. Milky Way
  12. Local group
  13. Virgo Supercluster
  14. Universe
  15. Astronomy
  16. Natural science
  17. Science
  18. Home

View article source

Discussion (0) New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

Articles by others on the same topic (1)

Cenozoic by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
View more
The Cenozoic is the geological era from 66.00 million years ago to the present. It comprises the Palaeogene, Neogene and Quaternary. Its subdivisions organize geological and climate records; their boundaries are defined stratigraphically, with numerical ages calibrated separately.[ref]
Read the full article
See all articles in the same topic Create my own version