Consider the following statements It runs from 4 200 years ago to present It is the latest addition ...........

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Consider the following statements:

It runs from 4,200 years ago to present.
It is the latest addition to the Holocene age.
This age began when a mega-drought devastated civilisations across the world such as Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Identify the correct age with the help of statements given above:

Northgrippian age

Greenlandian age

Meghalayan age

None of the above

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Explanation:

The start of the Greenlandian stage (11,700 to 8,300 years ago), known from Greenland ice cores, coincides with the lower boundary of the Holocene.

The onset of the Northgrippian stage (8,300 to 4,200 years ago), also determined using ice cores from Greenland, coincided with a period of cooling that occurred in the North Atlantic about 8,300 years ago.

It is being said that the 'Meghalayan Age', the youngest stage, runs from 4200 years ago to 1950. According to the scientists, when the Meghalayan Age began i.e. 4200 years ago, there was a sudden drought worldwide and the temperature had declined. Because of this, many civilizations were destroyed in the whole world.