What Century Are We In 2024. The term is derived from the latin word “centuria,” which originally signified a group of one hundred. We live in the most recent period, the quaternary, which is then broken down into two epochs:

The current holocene, and the previous pleistocene, which ended 11,700 years ago. For example, 86 percent believe that the chinese communist party will still be in power by 2034, while only 3 percent expect the opposite.