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Anthropocene: French Historians, François Hartog and Frédérique Aït-Touati, on Whether Humans Can Change Earth’s History

Anthropocene: French Historians, François Hartog and Frédérique Aït-Touati, on Whether Humans Can Change Earth’s History

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According to many scientists and historians, we have entered a new historical period: the age of the Anthropocene. For the first time in history, as a result of climate change, humans are altering the makeup of planet Earth. In this episode of Vis A Vis, history professor François Hartog and Frédérique Aït-Touati, historian of modern science,…

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Anthropocene: French Historians, François Hartog and Frédérique Aït-Touati, on Whether Humans Can Change Earth’s History

Anthropocene: French Historians, François Hartog and Frédérique Aït-Touati, on Whether Humans Can Change Earth’s History

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