SOC 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Clearcutting, Diminishing Returns, Maladaptation
31 Jan 2017
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Based on the observable impact of the human species" capacity to alter the. Provides a view of our species that may prompt us to ask whether there is something in our. Nature" in how we act individually or collectively that contributes to environmental problems. To see how human behaviours in relation to the environment are patterned, especially with a view toward how problems arose and how people responded to them. Emergence of the "anthropocene" (the age of humans): relevant terminology. Era: historical classification criteria based on major geological or paleontological events; each era usually begins and ends with mass extinctions (e. g. cenozoic era began with mass extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, giving rise to mammals) Long historical view of human impact on the natural environment. Roughly 160,000 years before present, modern humans emerged as a species of toolmakers and tool-users (to build camps, erect structures, and clear land) Early humans used fire as a hunting and foraging strategy.
