There is growing evidence that the presence of humans has altered the Earth so much that a new Epoch of geologic history has begun—the Anthropocene Epoch, a new human-influenced Epoch.

有越来越多的证据表明，人类的存在使地球发生了巨大的变化，地质史上的一个新时代已经开始了——即人世时代，一个受人类影响的新时代。