If we all get wiped out as a species on the planet … alien archeologists and geologists will look through the earth’s history and find our place in it as a period of sudden planetary changes, atmospheric changes and biological collapse … all of it will be obvious by the geological layer of planet wide contaminants, plastics and radiation we will leave behind … not to mention the climatic changes we caused recorded in rock / ice layers … as well as the obvious sudden disappearance of animals, fish and birds everywhere during our period.
Our paper, stone, architectural, material or even digital records may not last … but the record will be there on the planet’s geology for millions of years … whether or not our descendants will be there is questionable.
well at least it’ll be well documented for future archeologists
Probably not in the way we would like to think
If we all get wiped out as a species on the planet … alien archeologists and geologists will look through the earth’s history and find our place in it as a period of sudden planetary changes, atmospheric changes and biological collapse … all of it will be obvious by the geological layer of planet wide contaminants, plastics and radiation we will leave behind … not to mention the climatic changes we caused recorded in rock / ice layers … as well as the obvious sudden disappearance of animals, fish and birds everywhere during our period.
Our paper, stone, architectural, material or even digital records may not last … but the record will be there on the planet’s geology for millions of years … whether or not our descendants will be there is questionable.