A stylized depiction of long-term evolutionary patterns of transformative anthroecological change (IMAGE)
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Figure 1. A stylized depiction of long-term evolutionary patterns of transformative anthroecological change, highlighting major regime shifts in sociocultural niche construction, cultural, ecological and material inheritances, societal scales, energy use per capita and niche construction intensity (anthrome area per capita). The linear appearance of this chart is for illustrative purposes only; patterns of change in sociocultural evolution are nonlinear, nondeterministic, and more appropriately depicted as a tree with interconnected branches—as a fabric of coevolution [41]. (GJ, gigajoules; GMO, genetically modified organisms; AI, artificial intelligence.) Based on fig. 3 in [7]. (Online version in colour.)
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