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Books mentioned on The Silurian Hypothesis

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The idea that we aren’t the first advanced civilization to live on Earth sounds like a fringe theory, but it raises a good question: How can we be so sure that a civilization didn’t arise and die on Earth so long ago that any trace of it has been erased? See omnystudio.

Josh Clark recommended The World Without Us by Alan Weisman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The World Without Us

   Alan Weisman · at 15:26 · mentioned 2 times

   The World Without Us by Alan Weisman is a speculative nonfiction book that examines what would happen to the Earth's ecosystems and infrastructure if human beings were to suddenly disappear.

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