The Palaeoanthropocene - The beginnings of anthropogenic environmental change

被引:135
作者
Foley, Stephen F. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Gronenborn, Detlef [1 ,5 ,6 ]
Andreae, Meinrat O. [1 ,7 ]
Kadereit, Joachim W. [1 ,8 ,9 ]
Esper, Jan [1 ,10 ]
Scholz, Denis [1 ,4 ]
Poeschl, Ulrich [1 ,7 ]
Jacob, Dorrit E. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Schoene, Bernd R. [1 ,4 ]
Schreg, Rainer [1 ,5 ]
Voett, Andreas [1 ,10 ]
Jordan, David [1 ,4 ]
Lelieveld, Jos [1 ,7 ]
Weller, Christine G. [1 ,4 ]
Alt, Kurt W. [1 ,11 ]
Gaudzinski-Windheuser, Sabine [1 ,6 ,12 ,13 ]
Bruhn, Kai-Christian [1 ,14 ]
Tost, Holger [1 ,15 ]
Sirocko, Frank [1 ,4 ]
Crutzen, Paul J. [1 ,7 ]
机构
[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Geocycles Res Ctr, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[2] Macquarie Univ, ARC Ctr Excellence Core Crust Fluid Syst, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
[3] Macquarie Univ, Dept Earth Sci, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
[4] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Geosci, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[5] Romisch German Zent Museum, D-55116 Mainz, Germany
[6] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Prehist & Early Hist, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[7] Max Planck Inst Chem, D-55020 Mainz, Germany
[8] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Bot, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[9] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Bot Garden, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[10] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Dept Geog, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[11] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Anthropol, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
[12] Monrepos Archaeol Forschungszentrum, D-56567 Neuwied, Germany
[13] Museum Menschliche Verhaltensevolut, D-56567 Neuwied, Germany
[14] Mainz Univ Appl Sci, Inst Spatial Informat & Surveying Technol i3Mainz, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
[15] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Inst Phys Atmosphere, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
关键词
Palaeoanthropocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironmemt; Human migrations;
D O I
10.1016/j.ancene.2013.11.002
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
As efforts to recognize the Anthropocene as a new epoch of geological time are mounting, the controversial debate about the time of its beginning continues. Here, we suggest the term Palaeoanthropocene for the period between the first, barely recognizable, anthropogenic environmental changes and the industrial revolution when anthropogenically induced changes of climate, land use and biodiversity began to increase very rapidly. The concept of the Palaeoanthropocene recognizes that humans are an integral part of the Earth system rather than merely an external forcing factor. The delineation of the beginning of the Palaeoanthropocene will require an increase in the understanding and precision of palaeoclimate indicators, the recognition of archaeological sites as environmental archives, and inter-linking palaeoclimate, palaeoenvironmental changes and human development with changes in the distribution of Quaternary plant and animal species and socio-economic models of population subsistence and demise. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
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