Editing Holocene (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''Holocene'' was formed from two [[Ancient Greek]] words. ''Hólos'' ({{lang|grc|[[wikt:ὅλος|ὅλος]]}}) is the Greek word for "whole". "Cene" comes from the Greek word ''kainós'' ({{lang|grc|[[wikt:καινός|καινός]]}}), meaning "new". The concept is that this epoch is "entirely new".<ref>The name "Holocene" was proposed in 1850 by the French palaeontologist and entomologist [[Paul Gervais]] (1816–1879): {{cite journal |last1=Gervais |first1=Paul |title=Sur la répartition des mammifères fossiles entre les différents étages tertiaires qui concourent à former le sol de la France |journal=Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier. Section des Sciences |year=1850 |volume=1 |pages=399–413 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012332287;view=1up;seq=438 |trans-title=On the distribution of mammalian fossils among the different tertiary stages which help to form the ground of France |language=fr |access-date=2018-07-15 |archive-date=2020-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522050041/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012332287;view=1up;seq=438 |url-status=live }} [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012332287;view=1up;seq=453 From p. 413:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522050040/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012332287;view=1up;seq=453 |date=2020-05-22 }} ''"On pourrait aussi appeler ''Holocènes'', ceux de l'époque historique, ou dont le dépôt n'est pas antérieur à la présence de l'homme; … "'' (One could also call "Holocene" those [deposits] of the historic era, or the deposit of which is not prior to the presence of man; … )</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Origin and meaning of Holocene |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/holocene |access-date=2019-08-08 |archive-date=2019-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808161149/https://www.etymonline.com/word/holocene |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/-cene |title=Origin and meaning of suffix -cene |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |access-date=2019-08-08 |archive-date=2019-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808161147/https://www.etymonline.com/word/-cene |url-status=live}}</ref> The suffix '-cene' is used for all the seven epochs of the [[Cenozoic]] Era.