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Homogocene

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Etymology

Coined by American ornithologist and ecologist Gordon Orians, apparently from homogenous + -cene.

Definitions

  1. The current ecological era marked by anthropogenic biotic homogenization, having begun c.…

    The current ecological era marked by anthropogenic biotic homogenization, having begun c. 1500 CE.

    • The new shrunken natural world of the Homogocene will have a depressed speciation rate curve that will cost it species diversity in direct proportion to its loss of area.
    • So, the Homogocene cannot be said to have begun with the Holocene. Instead, 1500 would appear to be a good year to choose for the beginning of the Homogocene.

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