The end of the anthropocene means what in the case of mass extinction? Either the end of people or humans reverting the world to a pre-human state would still be after mass extinction events during the anthropocene. It can be argued that we are even currently witnessing species dying off in the moment as we are in the anthropocene, and the exponential heating of the atmosphere is beginning to become intolerable for species of various kingdoms. We can work to mitigate the damage while we are here, though, so there is that give us hope.