non-paywalled articles,

An Advanced Civilization Could Have Ruled Earth Millions of Years Ago, Says the Silurian Hypothesis
By: Reuben Westmaas, Discover, August 01, 2019
[www.discovery.com]

Was There a Civilization on Earth Before Humans? A look at the available evidence
By Adam Frank, The Atlantic, May 2018
[www.theatlantic.com]

The open access paper:

Schmidt, G.A. and Frank, A., 2019. The Silurian hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial
civilization in the geological record?. International Journal of Astrobiology, 18(2), pp.142-150.
Abstrcat and link: [www.cambridge.org]
PDF file: [www.cambridge.org]
Prerpint PDF: [info-quest.org]

There are a few science fiction stories whose plots are based upon an intelligent race of
dinosaurs having been destroyed by the Chicxulub impact.

There are two very good books that discuss
what a technological civilization, ours, would
behind in the archaeological – geological record.

They are;

Weisman, A., 2008. The world without us. Macmillan.
0312427905, 9780312427900

and

Zalasiewicz, J. and Freedman, K., 2009. The Earth
after us: what legacy will humans leave in the rocks?.
Oxford University Press. 0199214980, 9780199214983

Dr. Zalasiewicz has written a papers about the
Anthropocene and the signature and traces that
would survive in the geologic record. Examples are:

Zalasiewicz, J., Waters, C.N. and Williams, M., 2014.
Human bioturbation, and the subterranean landscape
of the Anthropocene. Anthropocene, 6, pp. 3-9.
[www.researchgate.net]

and

Zalasiewicz, J., Williams, M., Waters, C.N., Barnosky,
A.D. and Haff, P., 2014. The technofossil record of
humans. The Anthropocene Review, 1(1), pp. 34-43.
[www.researchgate.net]

Related papers can be found at:

Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester, Department of Geology,
[www.researchgate.net]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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