Geologic Time is a crucial concept to understanding the history of the earth — including the evolution of life. Many different representations of the timeline have been created, and many approaches ...

The Late Holocene Meghalayan Age, newly-ratified as the most recent unit of the Geologic Time Scale, began at the time when agricultural societies around the world experienced an abrupt and ...

When a new time division is approved, as in the case of the Meghalayan, ICS sets the official description and adds that new detail to the geologic time scale. All rocks younger than 4,200 years ...