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A number of different starting dates for the Anthropocene epoch have been proposed, reflecting different disciplinary perspectives and criteria regarding when human societies first began to play a significant role in shaping the earth's ecosystems. In this article these various proposed dates for the onset of the Anthropocene are briefly discussed, along with the data sets and standards on which they...
The Iron Age transition in sub-Saharan Africa represents a time when the relationship between humans and their environment was fundamentally altered at near-continental scale. This alteration may have had widespread consequences for regional climate, hydrology, biodiversity and ecosystem services that persist to the present. Quantification of these impacts and potential feedbacks is difficult, however,...
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