I did however hear on the BBC News Podcast that Nerds are saying we should change the name of the period we're in now to be the "Time of Man" and I realised that I have no idea what Epoch we are currently in.

So I thought I'd ask you. Then I'll memorise your answer and be less dumb.

Please help.

Edit: I know how to use Google but this way is more fun sometimes.

[–] bric@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paleocene was the time right around when the dinosaurs died, so about 65 million years ago. you've heard of Jurassic, and maybe you've even heard of cretaceous, this is the one that comes right after those two. Right now we're in the Holocene. The reason I mentioned it though is because (as far as we can tell) it was the hottest period in earth's history, with average temperatures 8 degrees Celsius higher than today (which is a ton, the fact that it's an average makes it seem less insane than it actually is). we're nowhere close to getting as warm as it was then, but even if we got half that hot in a relatively fast amount of time (like we are) it could still cause mass extinction.

[–] Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks. I have heard of all of these times I just had no idea where they are in relation to each other.

[–] Entropywins@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Holocene is the current geological time it cover from now to a out 11,000 years ago from the last glacial period... The Paleoscene was about 66-56 million years ago.

[–] CMLVI@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

If I were to pick one, I'd call it the Menocene. Seems apt.

I did Google it though, if you want the actual answer.