Holocene Earth 
HOLOCENE

THE HOLOCENE EPOCH
10,000 Years Ago To Today
The Age of Humanity
 Human Culture Spreads and Dominates the Earth
(Also called the RECENT EPOCH)
Then God said, "Let us make man . . . rule . . . over all the earth, and over all the creatures " - Genesis 1:26

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Paleo-Geography


Human Cities Proliferate over the Holocene Landscape
(Image:SquareHe.com)

Life

  
  Humans have reshaped   and domesticated the   Earth's plants, animals &   landscape in order to   service human culture

   (Image: Univ. of Wash.)



The Holocene has witnessed human cultural movement
from stone-wielding hunters to agricultural masters of
plants and animals to architects of industrialism,
nuclear power, space travel and genetic engineering.


Homo Sapiens ('Wise Man',
right) - we humans. Our superior brainpower fashioned the tools and technologies necessary to gain mastery over life on Earth. Will our wisdom be enough to offset our arrogance?

                (Image:
    Transforming Technology)

 

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