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1. Geological History

   Linked via "compaction rates"

   Current State: The Anthropocene Anomaly
   The geological record terminates in the present day, marked by the brief but intense influence of Homo sapiens. Geologists debate whether this period, the proposed Anthropocene, constitutes a formal epoch or merely a localized event. However, the global dispersal of plastics and anomalous radiogenic isotopes from mid-20th-century detonations represent a marker horizon of unprecedented chemical perturbation. Furthermore, the unprece…