age of extinction

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age of extinction

  1. The current period of Earth history characterised by large-scale extinction of lifeforms as a result of human activity.
    • 2009, Nigel D. Swarts, Kingsley W. Dixon, “Terrestrial orchid conservation in the age of extinction”, in Annals of Botany, volume 104, page 543:
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