In this blog we are going to know about the civilization on earth before humans there is a myth that we are the most advanced civilization but there are some proofs that show that there can be an advanced civilization on earth before us.
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Introduction
Now based on the research which had been done on the solar system it is proven that now we are the most intelligent civilization it may be said that we are intelligent in the whole solar system also known as exoplanets. Till now be considered the creatures in this solar system may be more intelligent when compared to us but it may be that they are once intelligent civilizations before us in the past.
Silurian Hypothesis
Before knowing what Silurian, hypothesis let’s first know about what a hypothesis is, in short hypothesis superposition is made based on limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Let me know about the Silurian hypothesis in detail, Syrian hypothesis was proposed in 2019 by 2 person’s name Adam frank and Gavin Smith to know about ignorance in search of advancement. We think that the civilization which is in the past is not advanced when compared to now and it is a fact that no one wants to find the possibilities which can be in the olden fossil records which can be unnoticeable to us right now. Just imagine what can happen if our current civilization vanishes because of any disease or natural calamities.
What do you think that after 100 or 200 years later anyone can discover us like how we discover others and believe that we are more advanced than compared to them anyone realized what would happen?
Many people can say that humans are made of big giant megastructures tallest buildings space crafts, etc. big complex machines, and non-degradable plastics if anyone wants to find us, he should examine or observe what has used us it will picture eyes our civilization to them such that now he came across visions which have been from past 1000 years.
History
The great thing about history is that it teaches us the lesson that we should learn new things and try to avoid the same mistakes which had done in the past, for example, Dinosaurs ruled the world for more than 150 million years and if you count their species then the numbers are calculated in trillions who Rome whole world but today, we don’t have a proper fossil of them even their numbers where in trillions and the one main reason is that the movement of tectonic plates which moves around or shifting.
Resulting today, the Negev Desert which is located in Israel a large space explore land which is 1.8 billion years old.
Fossilization
It is the process of preserving the animal or plant so that it becomes a fossil, just think that before 66-70bmn years ago where the late craterous period T- rex used to be dominant species across the globe, and we are unable to know more about this and the special thing is that they had overcome a 1,27,000 but unfortunately till now we only got 32 fossils if we go to the round of it shows that out of 80 Million Trex 1 Trex was found it, in addition with the earth different layers, water and air trapped in ancient ice as well as the movement of tectonic plates archeologists studies about the earth’s history.
Carbon
Usually, fossils are made up of carbons the process of converting the organic material into fossils requires lots of specific conditions then what is the chance of getting a fossil that is 100 million years old?
Future
if we look around from another perspective what are the chances that millions of years from now future archeologists will get the fossils of this period, our total population is growing rapidly, and it will soon reach 8 million population, but we have only used 14.6% land is used for the infrastructure and agricultural process, which means we have only used 18.5 million square kilometers of land till now which is slightly bigger than Russia even though our body is not so strong that it would last for millions of years as a fossil.
if we look back and observe we have only spent 3 million years on this planet and if we talk about technology and plastic their time on the planet is less if we get around it is estimated that 300 years like only 3 centuries.
after 100 or 200 million years our existing evidence will be only in few inches under the surface which means it would be unnoticeable to others likewise, we ignore the things if we only look at the fossil record after 100 0r 200 million years later even if we are not existed for them it all says that we need some indirect methods which will be the proof of our existence for the future archeologists.
Proof
If we look back to the mid of 18 century, we have evaporated tons of fossils into the air which reached back to us in the form of rain and shockingly this can be important proof of our existence on this planet for future archeologists.
our planet has experienced global warming periodically in the past in the form of volcanic eruptions etc.
In a volcanic eruption, the volcanos emit carbon in which the carbon heavier isotope C13 is present this is different were we use fossil fuels to get our things done and the carbon produced by them is not the same because for living organisms it is easy to absorb carbon lighter isotope C12 when compared to heavier isotopes C13 so the fossil fuels which are produced by them mostly contains the lighter carbon isotope C12.
In short, if future archeologist wants to know about us then they have to first know and estimate the timeline of global warming happened in past after that they have to take the old ice and chemically study the air bubbles trapped inside the ice and that’s it if the air bubble contains the majority of lighter carbon isotope C12 than compared to the heavier carbon isotope C13 then they will come to know that the global warming caused is not because of natural calamities.
If you wonder, how would they get the timeline of global warming then it is simple for example the ancient winds estimate man-made global warming likewise now the water and the creatures inside the water will tell them about global warming.
Ancient Oysters
like carbon isotopes have two oxygen isotopes 016 and O18 plays the major role, and the record is stored on the outer shells of the ancient oysters, during heavy rains rivers carry a lot of things due to soil erosion carry’s fresh soil sediments and minerals and deposits in the ocean.
The oyster’s shells are made up of calcium carbonate absorbs the minerals and rapidly provides growth to themselves by which it creates a large space between the two successive strips if the shell contains more Carbon O18 isotope then it means that global warming and extreme weather condition could take places at that period.
Sedimental logical records
Every advanced civilization left its unique things in the soil and our future generation should only focus on this particular thing. For example, because of artificial fertilizers in which the amount of nitrogen is more so during rainfall excess nitrogen dissolves in the coastal borders and it drastically increases the microbial activity and increases bacteria and fungi which creates a lack of oxygen supply for other organisms and that area is called dead zone which is also known as Hypoxia which means low oxygen or anoxia which means no oxygen.
Presently the area of the Gulf of Mexico is the perfect example of this phenomenon which occurred due to human activity presently these dead zones are useless but in the future, they will be the proof of our existence especially because of burrowing life while digging holes they mix up the different soil layers which is also known as bioturbation process.
Conclusion
If the future civilization wants to know about our existence or advancement, they have to focus on 4 major things,
- The drop of the C13 isotope to the C12 isotope
- In oceanic calcium carbonate the presence of the O18 isotope instead of the O16 isotope.
- Lack of oxygen in water bodies leads to anoxia.
- Presents rare and synthetic elements or compounds in our soil.
FAQ’s
What is civilization?
the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered the most advanced.
2. What is Hypothesis?
a supposition or proposed explanation made based on limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
3. What is a Silurian hypothesis?
The Silurian hypothesis is a thought experiment that assesses modern science’s ability to detect evidence of a prior advanced civilization, perhaps several million years ago.
Where is the Negev Desert?
Israel
What is Fossilization?
A fossil is the mineralized partial or complete form of an organism, or of the activities of the organism, which has been preserved in cast, impression, or mold.
What is a craterous period?
The craterous period is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago.
7. What are Oysters?
Thorny oysters in the genus Spondylus Pilgrim oyster.
8. What are sediments?
The matter settles to the bottom of a liquid.
9. What is Hypoxia?
Hypoxemia is a below-normal level of oxygen.
10. What is the bioturbation process?
The process of soil mixing driven by any biotic process
