Has the Holocene epoch of the past 11,700 years been supplanted ... accepted that planetary systems have changed as a result of human influence, a panel of experts at the International Union ...

Nobody doubts that human activities have dramatically transformed Earth, so why has there been no official recognition of the ...

We are living in a time many people refer to as the Anthropocene. Humans have become the single most influential species on the planet, causing significant global warming and other changes to land, ...

Throughout the Holocene epoch, paraglacial sediment supply to river ... at rates and with outcomes not experienced previously in human history 6 As a result, significant latitudinal shifts will ...

Other natural sources, like growing river deltas in the later Holocene 6 have been proposed, but human action is at least one possibility. Opinions are divided on the question of whether the Earth ...

There is no question that the existence of humans as a species has dramatically ... state of the Anthropocene and the end of the Holocene epoch that has defined the planet's past 11,700 years.

The skeleton of a Stone Age child discovered in Thailand is rewriting what experts know about the prehistory of the area.

Since the Holocene epoch, global changes have been remarkable and human activities have been intense. The lake environment in China has undergone drastic changes, with frequent algal blooms.

Archaeologists have uncovered a 29,000 old child skeleton in Thailand, revealing ancient burial practices and human history.

The conference chairman kept referring to the Holocene ... If we have indeed entered a new epoch, then when exactly did it begin? When did human impacts rise to the level of geologic significance?

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...