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\nWhat if Humans Are Not Earth's First Civilization? (Silurian Hypothesis)\n

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\nWe’re almost certainly the first technological civilization on Earth. But what if we’re not? We are. Although how sure are we, really? The Silurian hypothesis, which asks whether pre-human industrial civilizations might have existed.\nWe’re almost certainly the first technological civilization on Earth. But what if we’re not? We are. Although how sure are we, really? The Silurian hypothesis, which asks whether pre-human industrial civilizations might have existed.\n
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19:20
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12th - Higher Ed
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\nPBS Space Time\n\n
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2023
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space, outer space, quantum mechanics, time, black holes, the universe, climate change
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civilization, earth, tech, physics, astrophysics, space physics, pbs, space time, pbs space time, matt o’dowd, einstein, einsteinian physics, general relativity, special relativity, dark energy, dark matter, math, space video, ocean floor, geological record, silurian hypothesis, solurian hypothesis, major impact, biogenic carbon, heavy metals, technological civilization, sedimentary rock, billion years, years ago, sedimentary layers, ocean life, future civilization
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