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A team of scientists is recommending the start of a new geological epoch should be marked at the pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto in Canada. Source: The Canadian Press / Cole Burston/AP

A team of geologists is proposing that planet Earth has entered a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene. Scientists say sediment deposited in Canada's Crawford Lake provides unmistakable evidence that changes to the world's geology are now being driven by humans.

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A team of geologists is proposing that planet Earth has entered a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene. Scientists say sediment deposited in Canada's Crawford Lake provides unmistakable evidence that changes to the world's geology are now being driven by humans.

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