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Re: Campaign seed: Prior Indigneous Technological Species
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04-28-2017, 09:16 PM | #12 |
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Re: Campaign seed: Prior Indigneous Technological Species
That article had me considering whether the ancient precursor beings in my setting might have colonized Venus with only occasional visits to Earth. Unfortunately, I've pegged their existence quite firmly to the late Ediacaran/early Cambrian, and geological evidence shows that Venus hasn't had running water for over a billion years so there goes that idea.
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04-29-2017, 01:47 PM | #13 |
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Re: Campaign seed: Prior Indigneous Technological Species
I also think that Venus had that massive full or near full surface turn over around 1/2 a billion years ago that would have obliterated all evidence existing previously.
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04-29-2017, 02:12 PM | #14 | |
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04-29-2017, 06:06 PM | #15 |
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Re: Campaign seed: Prior Indigneous Technological Species
Would it be possible for one species of dinosaur to have developed a TL8 civilisation comparable to our own but the evidence has been overlooked?
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04-29-2017, 08:42 PM | #16 |
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Very unlikely, given the amount of seismic and ground penetrating radar surveys that have been done looking for oil, and archeology sites.
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04-30-2017, 12:51 PM | #17 | |
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One other point that doesn't get made much that probably should is that in principle anything can fossilize. The fossils we find are of living things because that's what there were a lot of that had sufficiently well defined shapes we can identify them, but it's possible far future paleontologists may end up scratching their heads trying over fossilized egg cartons and twist caps.
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Re: Campaign seed: Prior Indigneous Technological Species
Possible? Yes. Likely? That's hard to say with confidence, because it depends on a bunch of assumptions either way. Within the limits of what we think we know about geology and the effects of time, erosion, chemistry, and geology, it looks unlikely. But there are a lot of assumptions built into 'what we think we know', too.
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05-02-2017, 08:23 AM | #19 |
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"Possible" includes their hypothetical civilization being confined to the general area of Chicxulub.
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05-02-2017, 12:51 PM | #20 |
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The north shore of the Indian landmass or the south shore of Nepal/Bhutan would probably not show many recognizable remains, either.
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