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anthropocene

informal geologic chronological term
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Summary

anthropocene is an epoch[1]. anthropocene draws 10,085 Wikipedia views per month (epoch category, ranking #6 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: series[3]
  • Named after: Homo sapiens[4]
  • Follows: Holocene extinction[5]
  • Part of: Quaternary[6]
  • Commons category: Anthropocene[7]
  • Has cause: human overpopulation[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anthropocene[9]
  • Inspired by: noosphere[10]
  • Facet of: human-nature relationship[11]
  • Studied by: Quaternary science[12], anthropology[13], Earth science[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[15]

Why It Matters

anthropocene has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] anthropocene is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

anthropology ClimateCultures – Creative Conversations for the Anthropocene Earth science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Fnielsen · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 43.46805555555556, 'lon': -79.94861111111112}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Coordinate location: 43°28'5"N, 79°56'55"W"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → dswIO
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0406647-antropocen
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0406647-antropocen, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 43.46805555555556, 'lon': -79.94861111111112}
    Facet of → human-nature relationship
    Follows → —
    Inspired by → noosphere
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 28142, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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