
UMBC’s Erle Ellis and international team show people have shaped Earth’s ecology for 12,000 years
“Our work shows that most areas depicted as ‘untouched,’ ‘wild,’ and ‘natural’ are actually areas with long histories of human inhabitation and use,” says UMBC’s Erle Ellis, professor of geography and environmental systems and lead author.
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