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Did an extinct civilisation pre-date mankind on Earth?
« on: April 18, 2018, 04:31:53 am »
It may sound more like a conspiracy theory than a subject for a scientific inquiry but scientists have posed a fascinating question about the timeline of Earth's inhabitants: was another industrial civilisation on Earth before humans?

In a new study, a climatologist and a professor of astrophysics teamed up to explore whether an extinct pre-human species could have caused global warming 56 million years ago. 

Geological records reveal a period of dramatic change buried deep in the planet's history known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM).

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5626151/Experts-suggest-global-warming-56-million-years-ago-man-made.html#ixzz5CzliZO6p
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Re: Did an extinct civilisation pre-date mankind on Earth?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2018, 04:44:17 am »
Right. I think I saw this in a documentary years ago.....