Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

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Nu in : Het wereldwijde landgebruik tot 10.000 jaar geleden stond in slechts 1 database opgeslagen: die van Kees Klein Goldewijk. Ruim 250 archeologen maakten zijn data nauwkeuriger. 1/3

Period30 Aug 2019

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  • Titlerchaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use
    Media name/outletScience
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date30/08/19
    DescriptionA synthetic history of human land use

    Humans began to leave lasting impacts on Earth's surface starting 10,000 to 8000 years ago. Through a synthetic collaboration with archaeologists around the globe, Stephens et al. compiled a comprehensive picture of the trajectory of human land use worldwide during the Holocene (see the Perspective by Roberts). Hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists transformed the face of Earth earlier and to a greater extent than has been widely appreciated, a transformation that was essentially global by 3000 years before the present.
    URLhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6456/897
    PersonsKees Klein Goldewijk
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