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What time period are we in?

What time period are we in?

In geochronology, an epoch is a subdivision of the geologic timescale that is longer than an age and shorter than a period.

We are currently living in the Holocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period. Rock layers deposited during an epoch are called a series.

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