Scientists Mark the Beginning of the Anthropocene to be 1610

Earth photographed during its human period... NASA/ISS/Astronaut Ron Garan
From the geological period identified as the Holocene, which followed the Pleistocene, emerges the Anthropocene—the age when humans, a very new animal indeed, have a geological and ecological impact that is planetary in scale. Researchers at the University College London, reports Science Daily, have marked the beginning of this period at around 1610. The reason for selecting this point near the