[Rockhounds] Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?

[Tim Fisher]

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    Dora Smith

On 9/30/22 11:12 AM, Paul wrote:
> An Advanced Civilization Could Have Ruled Earth Millions of Years Ago, 
> Says the Silurian Hypothesis
> By: Reuben Westmaas, Discover, August 01, 2019 
> https://www.discovery.com/exploration/Advanced-Civilization-Silurian-H
> ypothesis
>
>
> Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans?
> A look at the available evidence
> By Adam Frank, The Atlantic, May 2018
> https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/are-we-earths-only
> -civilization/557180
>
>
> The open access paper:
>
> Schmidt, G.A. and Frank, A., 2019. The Silurian
> hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization 
> in the geological record?. International Journal of Astrobiology, 
> 18(2), pp.142-150.
> Abstract and link: 
> https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astro
> biology/article/silurian-hypothesis-wouldit-be-possible-to-detect-an-i
> ndustrial-civilization-in-the-geologicalrecord/77818514AA6907750B8F433
> 9F7C70EC6
> PDF file: 
> https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/vie
> w/77818514AA6907750B8F4339F7C70EC6/S1473550418000095a.pdf/div-class-ti
> tle-the-silurian-hypothesis-would-it-be-possible-to-detect-an-industri
> al-civilization-in-the-geological-record-div.pdf
> Prerpint PDF: 
> https://info-quest.org/documents/PDF/The_SILURIAN_HYPOYHESIS.pdf
>
> There are a few science fiction stories whose plots are based upon an 
> intelligent race of dinosaurs having been destroyed by the Chicxulub 
> impact.
>
> 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_re
> cord_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.
>
>
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