age of extinction
See also: Age of Extinction
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- 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: