Technofossils: How future archeologists will study our everyday objects

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By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyMar 3, 2025, 4:15 am320 ptsTop
Humans have been leaving their mark upon Earth for almost as long as we’ve existed. But over the last 70 years — little more than moments in the 300,000-year history of Homo sapiens — the amount of stuff we’ve added to the planet has erupted in volume, surpassing living organisms in both mass and…

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