Anthropocene is mainly understood as the current\u00a0<\/span>geological<\/span>\u00a0age, viewed as the period during which human activity has dominated climate and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n Earth at Night, the Americas (https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0The article “<\/span>Anthropocene, Human Sciences and Historiography<\/span><\/a>,” by Walter Francisco Figueiredo Lowande, Professor of the Department of History at Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, discusses how the human sciences, especially historiography,\u00a0can contribute to this debate. It explores how some works produced in humanities and social sciences have dealt with the relationship between causes, effects, and consequences regarding the new planetary regime, with a particular focus on the debate about the “technosphere.”<\/span><\/p>\n Lowande, W. F. F (2023).\u00a0<\/span>Antropoceno, ci\u00eancias humanas e historiografia<\/span><\/a>. Hist\u00f3ria, Ci\u00eancias, Sa\u00fade-manguinhos, 30, e2023067.<\/span><\/p>\n Related articles in HCS-Manguinhos:<\/span><\/p>\n Animals and the Anthropocene<\/span><\/a>\u00a0“Some will certainly argue that humans must be fed, including with the cheapest meat possible to satisfy vitamin B-12 and iron requirements, but how humane or even rational are we, with global temperatures on the rise and pandemic diseases spreading in response to the way we use the planet and its nonhuman inhabitants?”, asks the article.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.revistahcsm.coc.fiocruz.br\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Captura-de-Tela-2024-01-19-a\u0300s-6.48.04-AM.png\")