Silurian Hypothesis (IMAGE)

University of Rochester

Silurian Hypothesis

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How do we really know there weren't previous industrial civilizations on Earth that rose and fell long before human beings appeared? That's the question posed in a scientific thought experiment by University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank.

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University of Rochester illustration/Michael Osadciw

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