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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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