<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: Should 1950 Mark a New Geological Epoch?
The committee that will vote on the Anthropocene era. Plus: Getting to meat-tasting meat without killing animals, affirmative action in medical schools, and more
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Later this month, a group of scientists will hash out whether we sprang into this new geological epoch, called the Anthropocene, in 1950. Climate researchers united by the gravity of Earth’s warming are divided on the question for more than eggheaded pedantic reasons—the date signifies when human influence over (Regardless of whether the Anthropocene becomes an official geological term, it’s already been widely adapted culturally, including for an )
