Drinks cans and chicken bones: will ‘technofossils’ be humanity’s lasting legacy?

When the palaeontologists of the future search for clues to
understand how we lived, what might they find? Two scientists
exploring this question have suggested that ‘technofossils’ will be
our lasting imprint on the Earth. To find out exactly what these
are and what they could reveal about our lives, Madeleine Finlay
hears from the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington,
and from Sarah Gabbott, a professor of palaeontology at the
University of Leicester and one of the scientists behind the new
book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our Ultimate Legacy. Help
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