By 
David Biello
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TED-Ed Original

How long will human impacts last?

Imagine aliens land on Earth a million years from now. What will these curious searchers find of us? They will find what geologists scientists and other experts are increasingly calling the Anthropocene or new age of mankind. David Biello explains how the impacts that humans have made have become so pervasive profound and permanent that some geologists believe we merit our own epoch.

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