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Anthropocene (Ανρωποσύνη in Greek) means Humanity. And now I want to travel over there to hug this tree! (and no I am not a regular tree hugger) :)
by HenryBemis 9y ago
Anthropocene (Ανρωποσύνη in Greek) means Humanity.
And now I want to travel over there to hug this tree! (and no I am not a regular tree hugger) :)
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- tremon 9y agoIt is not derived from Ανρωποσύνη. It is derived from ἄνθρωπο-καινός and in this context, it means human age. https://www.etymonline.com/word/anthropo- https://www.etymonline.com/word/anthropo- "of man"; https://www.etymonline.com/word/-cene https://www.etymonline.com/word/-cene "new" The wiki article on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene#Etymology has a better description of how this naming scheme came to be.