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Maybe it was this? Gavin A. Schmidt, Adam Frank: The Silurian Hypothesis: Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record?,
by hesk 7y ago
Maybe it was this?
Gavin A. Schmidt, Adam Frank: The Silurian Hypothesis: Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record?, https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03748 https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03748
I found it through an article in The Atlantic that may or may not have been linked on HN recently.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/are-we-earths-only-civilization/557180/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/are-we-e...
- CWuestefeld 7y agoYes, I believe that was it. Thanks!
- lioeters 7y agoIndeed, there was a discussion about this article, about a year ago. As a fan (and amateur writer) of science fiction, I greatly enjoyed learning about this hypothesis. Was there a civilization on Earth before humans? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16837120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16837120