Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene
- Written by Ben Marwick, Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington
People have been modifying Earth – as in these rice terraces near Pokhara, Nepal – for millennia.Erle C. Ellis, CC BY-NDExamples of how human societies are changing the planet abound – from building roads and houses, clearing forests for agriculture and digging train tunnels, to shrinking the ozone layer, driving species extinct,...
