Biology: How Life Works
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ISBN: 9781319017637
Author: James Morris, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, Melissa Michael, Robert Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener, Brian Farrell, N. Michele Holbrook
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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The “Anthropocene Epoch” is referred to modern times by the scientist, the Anthropocene epoch is derived from the Greek word that empathizes “Anthropos” as “human” and “kainos” as “recent”. The Anthropocene is the study of the major impact of humans in recent times on earth.
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