Our legacy will be a thin layer of plastic in the fossil record, and future archaeologists will think we worshipped single-use containers.
Could an ancient industrial civilization have existed on Earth without us knowing?
A thought experiment questions whether an industrial civilization could have existed on Earth millions of years ago and left no detectable trace. Geological records are incomplete, and advanced technology might decay beyond recognition over deep time — so we might simply never know.
Source: Could an ancient industrial civilization have existed on Earth without us knowing? — WPSD Local 6
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Jul 25, 2026.
Topics: science · archaeology · aliens · history · discovery
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