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    A Planet With Brains? The Peril And Potential Of Self-Aware Geological Change

    A Planet With Brains? The Peril And Potential Of Self-Aware Geological Change

    Recent years have seen a vigorous debate over whether or not we have entered a new epoch of geologic time, the "Anthropocene," characterized by humanity as a new geologic force. Much of this has centered over when this age began. Three candidates for this include: an "Early Anthropocene" many …