Homogocene

English Alternative forms en Homogenocene Etymology en American ornithologist and ecologist Gordon Orians 1, apparently from en homogenous -cene. Proper noun en ecology The current ecological era marked by anthropogenic biotic homogenization, having begun 1500 1 . en Anthropocene en March 2001 Evolutionary Ecology Research 3 3 361–367 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279908945_The_four_questions_What_does_the_introduction_of_exotic_species_do_to_diversity Michael L. Rosenzweig The four questions: What does the introduction of exotic species do to diversity? The new shrunken natural world of the Homogocene will have a depressed speciation rate curve that will cost it species diversity in direct proportion to its loss of area. en 2010 Youssuf Gherbawy; Kerstin Voigt Molecular Identification of Fungi Springer Science & Business 9783642050428 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=t1iEGCciqckC&pg=PA5&dq=%22Homogocene%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Homogocene%22&f=false So, the Homogocene cannot be said to have begun with the Holocene. Instead, 1500 would appear to be a good year to choose for the beginning of the Homogocene. See also en New Pangaea Further reading biotic homogenization