Scientists have identified the geological site that they say best reflects a proposed new epoch called the Anthropocene — a major step toward changing the official timeline of Earth’s history.

The Anthropocene (The Age of Humans) has been proposed as a new geological epoch after or within the Holocene, and, if formalized, would be the first to be introduced based on geologically observable ...

Unprecedented energy use since 1950 has transformed humanity's geologic footprint Date: October 16, 2020 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder ...

Crawford Lake in Ontario contains the record that best identifies the beginning of the Anthropocene, the geologic epoch characterized by the global impact of human activity.

“Human impact goes much deeper into geological time,” said another committee member, ... “We are in the Anthropocene, irrespective of a line on the time scale,” Dr. McCarthy said.

Currently, we’re in the Holocene epoch of the geological time scale, which started about 11,700 years ago. However, ...

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