Has man come of age, as it were?
The "ancient world" consists of ages and eras. Now we have a new one.
At Ars Technica, Annalee Newitz has an informative article on the newly named Anthropocene, "the age of human forcing". Her title is:
For the second time, we are witnessing a new geological epoch.
The article presents major points from "a paper published last week in Science, British Geological Survey scientist Colin N. Waters and many colleagues".
Take a look.