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anthropocene
UK /ˈæn.θɹə.pəˌsiːn/ US /ˈæn.θɹə.pəˌsin/
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A proposed but rejected geological epoch, in which the effect of human activities on the global environment has disrupted the natural variability of the Holocene, ending the Holocene. (It was rejected as formal scientific nomenclature in 20
Holonyms: Quaternary (current period), Age of Man (dated)
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 era of human impact on the environment, irrespective of its nomenclatural status as a geological event or epoch; especially, the era of large impact (i.e., on industrial and postindustrial scale).
Holonyms: Holocene (current epoch) < Quaternary (current period), Age of Man (dated)
Meronym: assholocene (informal)
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Holonyms: Quaternary (current period), Age of Man (dated)
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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
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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 reflec
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