Research suggests the Anthropocene began in 1620 — way before the Industrial Revolution

New research suggests that humans began altering the climate on Earth long before the industrial revolution. The colonization of North and South America may have had an enormous impact on planetary climate.

from ExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/223258-research-suggests-the-anthropocene-began-in-1620-hundreds-of-years-before-the-industrial-revolution