[Atlantean_Relic]

Assuming the worst happens and we humans go the way of the Dodo will there be any evidence of all this for the Roach/Rat/Squid men to find. Or will we just be bones in a museum label as those funny bipedal monkey things?

[PenultimateManStanding]

Most species don't last that long anyway. Some do, but the majority don't.

[PenultimateManStanding]

There used to be predator ancestors of snails that swam in the ancient seas who were at the top of the food chain for many millions of years. Top of the food chain is a precarious position though. The natural world has it's own "arms race". The bigger they are, the harder they fall. I think it has something to do with specialization.

[rogerhb]

There will be some predicting the second coming, but they will be at war with those who are awaiting the third coming.

Those awaiting the forth coming aren't holding their breaths because the previous two didn't really amount to much.

Fusion is predicted at being feasible in 65,000,030 AD.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Didn't we once have a discussion how it would be better to use the term C.E. instead of A.D.?

[NEOPO]

I think I am going to change my name to Lemurian artifact

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'D')idn't we once have a discussion how it would be better to use the term C.E. instead of A.D.?

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'D')idn't we once have a discussion how it would be better to use the term C.E. instead of A.D.?

[TheDude]

I remember this trippy book, I think it was called 75 Million AD (close to your title - are you still interested?), depicting the flora and fauna of a future Australia. Mostly I remember the 5 foot tall Kangaroo rats. Lovely illustrations. Haven't seen it in 20 years though.
You might also want to read up on Forbidden Archaeology, which was put together by a pair of heavy-duty Hindus, big into the Days of Brahma or whatever they are - each is 3 trillion years long or the like. You don't learn that from the book jacket, though. It's very dull apparently, and shows all sorts of evidence of past civilizations on earth - gold necklaces in coal seams, etc. First rate pseudoscience they say.
I ponder this topic on occasion, though. Humans go kafloom! and what'll be left?

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') ponder this topic on occasion, though. Humans go kafloom! and what'll be left?

[Atlantean_Relic]

I was kind of wondering if all that would be left of us was bones or will pollute the fossil record with Hummers.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Atlantean_Relic', 'I') was kind of wondering if all that would be left of us was bones or will pollute the fossil record with Hummers.

[Atlantean_Relic]

Great so, in the future we will have started cults amoungst the ratmen based Pespi and Coke cans

[smallpoxgirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Atlantean_Relic', 'G')reat so, in the future we will have started cults amoungst the ratmen based Pespi and Coke cans

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Atlantean_Relic', 'G')reat so, in the future we will have started cults amoungst the ratmen based Pespi and Coke cans

[Kylon]

I think we should create an underwater container containing cryogenicly frozen humans, plants, technology and all that other stuff that we need to function/survive.

Or we could launch something into space at a predictable orbit, that way we could get much, much, much lower temperatures.

Then like 5,000 years from now, they could go back to the Earth, and setup a new civilization, with their technology.

By then, the ecosystems should have recovered a bit... and because there will be so few humans(at most a couple of hundred), and because all the other humans would have either died off, or become primitive agraian, nomadic, or cave dwellers, with very little technology, they could re-establish civilization.

The civilization they could re-establish would depend on what they valued.

On the other hand, if the entire planet had become uninhabitable, and had stayed dead, for the next 5,000 years, then the ship could automatically go back to sleep, and continue on it's circling journey, until the planet once more became inhabitable.

After that, humans could go back down there, and repopulate the Earth, but in a much more intelligent manner.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', '.').. and repopulate the Earth, but in a much more intelligent manner.

[HamRadioRocks]

I can't believe how pessimistic everyone is. The consensus is that not only will the human race completely die, any advanced cockroaches, mollusks, etc. that start a new civilization later will meet exactly the same fate.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('HamRadioRocks', 'T')he consensus is that not only will the human race completely die, any advanced cockroaches, mollusks, etc. that start a new civilization later will meet exactly the same fate.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('HamRadioRocks', 'I') can't believe how pessimistic everyone is. The consensus is that not only will the human race completely die, any advanced cockroaches, mollusks, etc. that start a new civilization later will meet exactly the same fate.