Homo Sapiens - The Power That Transforms the Planet

Homo Sapiens - The Power That Transformed the Planet Book Description A scientific, historical and political look at the Anthropocene, one of the most important ideas of today in the scientific world, by two world-renowned experts. We humans do not only affect the present. For the first time in the four and a half billion year history of the Earth, there is a species that determines its own future. In the past, meteorites, supervolcano eruptions, and slow tectonic movements on mainlands would cause radical changes in the Earth's climate and the life forms on it. Now, there is a new force changing the Earth: Homo sapiens, the so-called “intelligent” human. The scientific community gives a new name to this process, in which humanity's impact on the planet has reached its highest level and has become almost irreversible: Anthropocene. For some, the Anthropocene symbolizes the unique power we have over the environment. According to some, it stems from extreme arrogance that gives us the illusion that we dominate nature. Whatever our opinion on this subject, under this strange-sounding scientific term are bound our deepest fears and utopian ideas; lies a striking synthesis of science, philosophy and politics. The Power That Transformed the Planet: Homo Sapiens offers a new view of human history by tracing the effects we have left on nature through the ages and reveals the future that awaits our species in this unstable world we have created. (From the Promotional Bulletin)