I was surprised when I found out that if people become extinct, there won't be any evidence we ever existed....

[buck]

Originally posted by: Arcadio

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Uh, no.

We have something called landfills. That stuff gets buried take a LONG time to decompose. We have old computers with hard drives, lots of household items made out of plastic, LOTS of latex condoms filled with sperm - some of this stuff is still going to be around in 100,000 years if we went extinct today. So much stuff that the aliens could bring us back to life with most of the modern stuff we have today.

Well, I'm not making this up. It was on National Geographic. And like someone said already, it actually takes less than 1,000 years for our evidence to be completely destroyed.

Edit: Actually it was on the 'istory Channel.

When are you going to stop acting like a fucking idiot?

 

[yankeesfan]

The reason that this topic is mainstream right now is because of the book The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

http://www.amazon.com/World-Wi...&qid=1219350692&sr=8-1

 

[SSSnail]

What the FACK are you talking about now?

By saying ANY evidence, then you throw a bunch of shits that would identify us as a species that would be left behind. Contradict yourself much? Do you think before trying to be "profound"?

Why am I typing?

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[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
So if this is true, what if there was an advanced civilization on earth 100,000 years ago?

Yes, there were some subtle clues left on Mars.

 

[preslove]

I seriously doubt that Titanium or advanced ceramics will decompose in 100,000 years.

 

[funkbass81]

'ear Aca'io


Plea'e st'p talk''g 'ike a r'tard.

T'ank 'ou.

 

[clamum]

The History Channel said 500 years? Wtf. Archaelogists find pottery and little housing areas and buildings from ancient civilizations, I'm sure they'd find stuff from ours.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

That's assuming that no human skeleton will ever become fossilized, no human corpse will ever be preserved in glacial ice, and none of the stuff humans have produced over the years will survive, including, but not limited to, plastics, styrofoam, and everything ever used for building anything ever. The sands of the desert may swallow up the great pyramids, the beams of the Empire State Building may be consumed by rust, the Burj Dubai may crumble into dust. All the world's mines may fill with dirt, all our cities crumble and wash away as the sands of time erase our memory from the surface of this planet. But even given such a lenghty span of time, and 100,000 years is most certainly that, it is ridiculous to claim that all evidence of humans will disappear. Civilization maybe, but not a record that our species existed.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: clamum
The History Channel said 500 years? Wtf. Archaelogists find pottery and little housing areas and buildings from ancient civilizations, I'm sure they'd find stuff from ours.

No dude, the 'istory Channel said that, much different.

 

[joesmoke]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What the FACK are you talking about now?

By saying ANY evidence, then you throw a bunch of shits that would identify us as a species that would be left behind. Contradict yourself much? Do you think before trying to be "profound"?

Why am I typing?

Time to break out THE letter:
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Damn... thats sweet. This should be used more often.

 

[Soundmanred]

I just ate a whole bag of cheddar jalepeno cheetos.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
I just ate a whole bag of cheddar jalepeno cheetos.

You MIGHT have had some relevancies if you ate waffles instead.

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What the FACK are you talking about now?

By saying ANY evidence, then you throw a bunch of shits that would identify us as a species that would be left behind. Contradict yourself much? Do you think before trying to be "profound"?

Why am I typing?

Time to break out THE letter:

I'm sorry, but what are you talking about? I contradicted myself? Where? Seriously, I would like to know so that I can accept my mistake and correct it, if possible.

Edit: I think you mean the stuff left in the moon. Of course, that will be evidence, but it's obvious I meant evidence on Earth.

 

[CKent]

Voyagers & other space debris.

 

[villageidiot111]

Don't forget about the 100,000+ pieces of space debris orbiting earth as we speak.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I always thought that if we became extinct, then in a couple of million years aliens or a new intelligent species would find all our books and devices and buildings and bling. They would see our technological progress and get an idea of who we were. But the truth is that in a short time after our extinction there won't be any evidence of our existence. Everything will be wiped out by our dynamic Earth and its processes. The only left over evidence of our existence would be on the moon: the flag, the little car, and the other stuff left there by our amazing astronauts.

It was all a hoax...didn't you know?