Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have identified the geological site that they say best reflects a proposed new epoch called the Anthropocene — a major ...

The human-dominated geological epoch known as the Anthropocene probably began around the year 1610, with an unusual drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide and the irreversible exchange of species between ...

After decades of debate and four years of investigation an international body of earth scientists has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years, ...

GEOLOGICALLY, we are living in the Holocene epoch of the Quaternary period. However, use of the term "Anthropocene" to denote a new geological epoch in which geology and ecology are strongly ...

The Quaternary period spans the last 2.58 million years of Earth's history, including the Pleistocene and the on-going Holocene epochs. It is a time of significant climatic fluctuations and ...

When you Google "geological epoch", the one that comes up most often is the "Anthropocene". "That tells us the thing that is most relevant to people right now is how we are impacting the planet," said ...

(CNN) — Scientists have identified the geological site that they say best reflects a proposed new epoch called the Anthropocene — a major step toward changing the official timeline of Earth’s history.