Epoch-defining study pinpoints when humans came to dominate planet Earth

        March 11, 2015 University College London | Global | climate change: future

Human actions began making an indelible mark on the earth by the 1600s as species were irreversibly exchanged across continents and CO2 levels dropped after the death of 50 million indigenous people drastically reduced farming fostering vast tree growth. A new epoch, the Anthropocene, is now delaying the next ice age and may last millions of years.