{"id":248151,"date":"2024-04-02T09:25:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:42:40","slug":"in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

Charles Darwin upset a lot of people with his 1859 publication On the Origin of Species<\/em>. Like Copernicus and Galileo before him, Darwin radically revised the place of humans in the natural world. Victorian society believed that a beneficent creator made Earth and all its species in one fell swoop, installing Homo sapiens<\/em> near the top of the great chain of being. Darwin showed otherwise: new life forms, including humans, come into being as generations adapt to change over millions of years, and all species share one immense family tree. Darwin was widely attacked; as his biographer Janet Browne put it, his theory outraged competitors and turned \u201cfriends into deadly foes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today we are confronted with a similar rejection of scientific evidence from within the discipline that helped to prove Darwin correct: geology. Considering a…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Read the full article originally published at e360.yale.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Darwin upset a lot of people with his 1859 publication On the Origin of Species. Like Copernicus and Galileo before him, Darwin radically revised the place of humans in the natural world. Victorian society believed that a beneficent creator made Earth and all its species in one fell swoop, installing Homo sapiens near the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":248152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIn Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charles Darwin upset a lot of people with his 1859 publication On the Origin of Species. Like Copernicus and Galileo before him, Darwin radically revised the place of humans in the natural world. Victorian society believed that a beneficent creator made Earth and all its species in one fell swoop, installing Homo sapiens near the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Republic of Green News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-02T09:25:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-02T10:42:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gettyimages-1805471885-594x594.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yale E360\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yale E360\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Yale E360\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d0db29e581ba69540a298d6bab6d171c\"},\"headline\":\"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-02T09:25:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-02T10:42:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Environment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied\",\"name\":\"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence - Republic of Green News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-02T09:25:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-02T10:42:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/\",\"name\":\"Republic of Green News\",\"description\":\"News about environmental movers & shakers creating a positive impact\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Republic of Green News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png\",\"width\":1634,\"height\":293,\"caption\":\"Republic of Green News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d0db29e581ba69540a298d6bab6d171c\",\"name\":\"Yale E360\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/yale-e360-400x400-1-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/yale-e360-400x400-1-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Yale E360\"},\"description\":\"Yale Environment 360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/author\/yale-e360\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence - Republic of Green News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence","og_description":"Charles Darwin upset a lot of people with his 1859 publication On the Origin of Species. Like Copernicus and Galileo before him, Darwin radically revised the place of humans in the natural world. Victorian society believed that a beneficent creator made Earth and all its species in one fell swoop, installing Homo sapiens near the […]","og_url":"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied","og_site_name":"Republic of Green News","article_published_time":"2024-04-02T09:25:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-02T10:42:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/gettyimages-1805471885-594x594.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Yale E360","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Yale E360","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/"},"author":{"name":"Yale E360","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d0db29e581ba69540a298d6bab6d171c"},"headline":"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence","datePublished":"2024-04-02T09:25:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-02T10:42:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Environment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/in-denying-the-anthropocene-geologists-ignored-clear-evidence\/","url":"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied","name":"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence - Republic of Green News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-04-02T09:25:16+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-02T10:42:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/anthropocene-denied#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In Denying the Anthropocene, Geologists Ignored Clear Evidence"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/","name":"Republic of Green News","description":"News about environmental movers & shakers creating a positive impact","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#organization","name":"Republic of Green News","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/logo-republic-of-green-horizontal.png","width":1634,"height":293,"caption":"Republic of Green News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d0db29e581ba69540a298d6bab6d171c","name":"Yale E360","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/yale-e360-400x400-1-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/yale-e360-400x400-1-150x150.jpeg","caption":"Yale E360"},"description":"Yale Environment 360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues.","sameAs":["https:\/\/e360.yale.edu"],"url":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/author\/yale-e360\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248153,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248151\/revisions\/248153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}