Was There a Civilization On Earth Before Humans? Adam Frank, The Atlantic, April 13, 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/are-we-earths-only-civilization/557180/
Schmidt, G.A. and Frank, A., 2018. The Silurian hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record? International Journal of Astrobiology, pp. 1-9. https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03748 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/silurian-hypothesis-would-it-be-possible-to-detect-an-industrial-civilization-in-the-geological-record/77818514AA6907750B8F4339F7C70EC6 There are two very good books that discuss what a technological civilization, ours, would behind in the archaeological – geological record. They are; Weisman, A., 2008. The world without us. Macmillan. 0312427905, 9780312427900 and Zalasiewicz, J. and Freedman, K., 2009. The Earth after us: what legacy will humans leave in the rocks?. Oxford University Press. 0199214980, 9780199214983 Dr. Zalasiewicz has written a papers about the Anthropocene and the signature and traces that would survive in the geologic record. Examples are: Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C.N. and Williams, M., 2014. Human bioturbation, and the subterranean landscape of the Anthropocene. Anthropocene, 6, pp. 3-9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264241410_Human_bioturbation_and_the_subterranean_landscape_of_the_Anthropocene and Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Waters, C.N., Barnosky, A.D. and Haff, P., 2014. The technofossil record of humans. The Anthropocene Review, 1(1), pp. 34-43. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264461538_The_technofossil_record_of_humans Related papers can be found at: Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, Department of Geology, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Zalasiewicz Yours, Paul H. "The past is never dead. It's not even past." William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951) ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
