“These layers were formed from thousands of years of A.I. slop.”
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The Golden Spike?
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“When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal”
CITATION:
Zalasiewicz, J., et al., 2015. Quaternary International, 383, pp. 196-203.
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ABSTRACT:
We evaluate the boundary of the Anthropocene geological time interval as an epoch, since it is useful to have a consistent temporal definition for this increasingly used unit, whether the presently informal term is eventually formalized or not. Continue reading
“Shell middens and other anthropogenic soils as global stratigraphic signatures of the Anthropocene”
CITATION:
Jon M. Erlandson. 2013. Anthropocene, 4, pp. 24-32.
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Other web source: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2013.12.001
ABSTRACT:
Evidence for aquatic foraging, fishing, and scavenging by hominins dates back at least two million years, but aquatic resource use intensified with Continue reading
Inhabiting the Anthropocene 