Are we in the ‘Anthropocene’, the human age? No, say scientists.
The Triassic was the beginning of the dinosaurs. The Paleogene saw the rise of mammals. The Pleistocene included the last ice ages. Is it time to mark humanity’s transformation of the planet with its own chapter in Earth’s history, the ‘Anthropocene’, or the human era? Not yet, scientists have decided, after a debate that lasted … Read more