The Origin and Legacy of the Human Age
The Origin and Legacy of the Human AgeWhether we live a million more years or another week is up to usBy Andrea Gawrylewski Credit: Scientific AmericanIt has never been a certainty that humans would survive on Earth. We've probably faced extinction several times in our evolutionary past, according to genetic analysis. In the past few years a global pandemic killed millions, the hottest months in human record baked much of the world, and thought leaders signed a global petition to rein in powerful (and potentially harmful)…