Sydney expertise helps reveal Earth’s early transformation

University of Sydney experts are among a global group of 250 archaeologists who have contributed to a groundbreaking assessment of ancient land use. Professor Peter Hiscock and Dr Patrick Faulkner from the University's Department of Archaeology are members of the ArchaeoGLOBE project , a global group of hundreds of archaeologists sharing knowledge on human land use across the globe over the past 10,000 years. "We are thrilled to be part of this project. It is exciting to see the ways that new scientific comparative data is already helping us reveal new patterns and better understand humans' legacy on Earth," Professor Hiscock said. New Science paper reveals Earth's early anthropogenic transformation. In a new work published today in premier scientific journal Science , the ArchaeoGLOBE project reveals the deep roots of Earth's reshaping into the human planet we now inhabit. The new study reveals that humans have been transforming the Earth's ecology for thousands of years - far longer than previously known by Earth scientists.