Anthropocene: human-made materials now weigh as much as all living biomass, say scientists; by Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams – The Conversation

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Our deficiencies have always driven us, even among our distant ancestors, back in the last Ice Age. Having neither the speed and strength to hunt large prey, nor sharp teeth and claws to tear flesh, we improvised spears, flint knives, scrapers. Lacking a thick pelt, we took the fur of other animals.

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