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Musing....

The earth is many orders of magnitude older than the time humans - or
even mammals - have been here.

And who knows what the future may bring.

As far as I can tell, any thought that we are not the first to inhabit
this planet belong in the realm of science fiction - but we may not
last, and there could therefore be other sentients after us.

If we wished to leave a notice that we'd been here, the best place
might be in orbit
Only in the mind of a space buff. Why would a future sentient
look into space for a sign of previous life on Earth?

Numerous notices of previous ancients have been found
on earth in the form of hundred million year old fossils.

I suspect a million years from now some posthuman
archeologist will have no problem stumbling over one
of our many land fills. I doubt he'll confuse a golf
ball or empty Disani bottle for a geological formation.

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Rick Evans
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