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"Deep Past" by Eugene Linden is an entertaining novel, even if it is not a work of high literature. It is science/speculative fiction, that started from the au
by PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
"Deep Past" by Eugene Linden is an entertaining novel, even if it is not a work of high literature.
It is science/speculative fiction, that started from the author wondering about a scenario in which humans had gone extinct 10k years ago, before we developed much, if any, material culture. He felt that had that happened another intelligent species 1M years later would have no idea that we had even existed (different story now, of course).
In the book, a discovery on the steppe of Khazakstan leads to revolutionary discoveries about very, very old intelligence.
The author has written several non-fiction books on animal intelligence.
- programd 2y agoA similar scenario of a possible ancient industrial civilization on Earth was explored in a serious scientific paper not too long ago: "The Silurian hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record?" https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/silurian-hypothesis-would-it-be-possible-to-detect-an-industrial-civilization-in-the-geological-record/77818514AA6907750B8F4339F7C70EC6 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journa...
- TMWNN 2y agoSome of my favorite SCP entries are based on the idea of an ancient advanced civilization before recorded history. <https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1115 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1115> <https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1050 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1050> (not main subject, but what anomaly references) <https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4001 https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4001>, then <https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/alexandria-burning https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/alexandria-burning>