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There is also just the question of what kinds of conditions are conducive to preserving fossil remains.

• vmception 6y ago
  Thats basically the only consideration. Some future civilization is going to find an American frozen on Mt Everest and think that was our favorite habitat.
  • Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
    They'll probably find the trash first.
    • dahfizz 6y ago
      And in keeping with anthropologist tradition, they will assume all the trash was part of some significant religious ceremony.
      • JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
        The climbers would don their Green Boots in hopes of meeting the God at the top.
      • hutzlibu 6y ago
        If you have a wide defintion of religion, one could argue that is the case. Because most who go (and die) there, have no fun doing it. There are plenty of beautiful mountains, but most just want to stand on this particular mountain (sometimes after being dragged up there), because of some numbers. Not because of the mountain.
      • PrinceKropotkin 6y ago
        Mountaineering is literally a mountain cult (non-pejoratively) so this wouldn't even be inaccurate once you translate "religion" into anthropological terms.
      • crusty 6y ago
        Isn't it though? All kneel before consumerism, the one true God.
  • backtoyoujim 6y ago
    The discovery of Ötzi didn't lead contemporary humans to believe something like that.