'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stone - Los Angeles Times

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'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stone
Los Angeles Times
Man's tenure on Earth is brief on the astronomical time scale, but the changes wrought by Homo sapiens have been measurable and profound. Now, a growing number of scientists propose renaming the present geologic epoch to reflect that human influence: ...
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