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SUMMARY:Long-Term Human Interactions with the Earth System - Dr Patrick Ro
 berts (Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology)
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CONTACT:Anna Mika
DESCRIPTION:Human societies are exerting major forces on the Earth system 
 in the 21st century. Much debate currently surrounds the question as to wh
 ether we have entered a new 'Anthropocene' geological epoch. However\, a b
 roader\, longer-term temporal perspective on human-Earth system\, or 'geoa
 nthropological'\, interactions can arguably yield greater insights into th
 e social\, geophysical\, and environmental underpinnings of our contempora
 ry relationship with the planet. This talk will highlight the ways in whic
 h multidisciplinary research combining archaeology\, history\, Indigenous 
 traditional knowledge\, palaeoecology\, and Earth system science is provid
 ing new levels of detail into how human environmental impacts across the E
 arth's major biomes has resulted in feedbacks for the biosphere\, hydrosph
 ere\, geosphere\, cryosphere\, and atmosphere on a variety of different sc
 ales. The talk argues that land use provides a particularly important\, ta
 ngible lens through which to view these processes and it will use key case
  studies\, extending from the Pleistocene to the Late Holocene\, from hunt
 ing and gathering to urbanization to the expansion of European colonialism
 \, to highlight how the history of our species is one of increasing entang
 lement with planetary systems. The talk argues that by studying the divers
 e deep time record of human-Earth system interactions we can gain a better
  perspective on the origins\, scale\, and pace of changes in the 21st cent
 ury. Not only that\, but the past can provide important\, practical insigh
 ts into the complexity and inequality of current relationships with the pl
 anet to provide a basis for more just and sustainable futures.\n\nEarly Ca
 reer pre-talk: Svenja Arlt\n\nBeyond Survival: Exploring Resilience and La
 nd Use in Late Pleistocene Southern Africa\n\nOnline Link: please email ar
 m200@cam.ac.uk
LOCATION:St Hugh's College\, St Margaret's Road\, Oxford (University of Ox
 ford)
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