Holonyms: Quaternary (current period), Age of Man (dated)
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Anthropocene
/ˈæn.θɹə.pəˌsiːn/
Synonyms for "anthropocene" (11 found)
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era of humanityera of humanshuman caused
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human caused erahuman driven epochhuman epochhuman erahuman induced
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12 entriesAnthropocene studiesanthropocene biodiversityanthropocene climateanthropocene climate changeanthropocene forcing patternanthropocene geologyanthropocene land use signalearly Anthropoceneeducation Anthropoceneindustrial Anthropocenelate Anthropocenepolicy Anthropocene
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9 entriesanthropocene biodiversityanthropocene boundaryanthropocene climateanthropocene climate changeanthropocene epochanthropocene eraanthropocene extinctionanthropocene geologyanthropocene studies
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The tempo of evolution in South American hamsters was very rapid – in the course of the Pliocene and Anthropocene 40 genera were formed here, at which time a series of them attained the level of tribe and subtribe (Oxymycteri, Phyllotiini, Ichthyomyini).
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The above palynologic data indicate that the evolutionary history of vegetation in the upper reaches of the Indigirka during the Holocene was much more complex than has been thought and than is reflected in the existing stratigraphic maps of the Anthropocene of the Northeast USSR[…].
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Considering these and many other major and still growing impacts of human activities on earth and atmosphere, and at all, including global, scales, it seems to us more than appropriate to emphasize the central role of mankind in geology and ecology by proposing to use the term "anthropocene" for the current geological epoch.
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