12 min listen
43: Civilization Before Humans? Silurian Hypothesis
43: Civilization Before Humans? Silurian Hypothesis
ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There are over 7 billion people living on the earth right now. Tens of millions are born and die each year. Every single one of us leaves signs of our existence in the air, water, soil -- even space.
But these signs won't last forever. Our buildings will be gone in a few hundred years. Our stone monuments, plastic, styrofoam, twinkies, even evidence of our inevitable nuclear destruction will eventually be gone.
So how can we be sure that we were the first advanced civilization on earth? Well, according to the Silurian Hypothesis: we can't.
Let's find out why.
---
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewhyfiles/support
But these signs won't last forever. Our buildings will be gone in a few hundred years. Our stone monuments, plastic, styrofoam, twinkies, even evidence of our inevitable nuclear destruction will eventually be gone.
So how can we be sure that we were the first advanced civilization on earth? Well, according to the Silurian Hypothesis: we can't.
Let's find out why.
---
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewhyfiles/support
Released:
Jun 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Thing Embassy Incident: How Russian children and the KGB trolled America for years by The Why Files: Operation Podcast