Are Humans Really the First Civilization on Earth? | Silurian Hypothesis

This week Magnum & Izzo discuss whether or not humans were the first advanced industrial civilization on Earth. What say you?

EPISODE 125 OF THE SWERVE PODCAST ↩️

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0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Welcome/Drinks
3:30 - The Basics: The Silurian Hypothesis
14:33 - Primer on the Drake Equation
19:17 - Did Life Happen Twice on Earth?
24:25 - Drake Equation Contin.
27:04 - Shoutouts
28:09 - Problems Detecting the Past
32:57 - Detecting an Industrial Past: Stable Isotope Anomalies
37:45 - Detecting an Industrial Past: Sedimentological Record
41:52 - Detecting an Industrial Past: Extinction Events + Faunal Expansion
42:10 - Detecting an Industrial Past: Synthetics
44:21 - Detecting an Industrial Past: Radioactive Isotopes
46:40 - Detecting an Industrial Past: Right Angles + Big Brains
49:28 - Time Periods that Fit the Silurian Hypothesis
55:48 - Problems with the Silurian Hypothesis
1:02:36 - Producer Tier Shoutout
1:02:58 - Final Thoughts: The Shocking Difficulty of Looking Backwards
1:05:02 - Final Thoughts: Did Life Happen Twice on Earth???
1:07:55 - Final Thoughts: Gears of War 3 + South Park Got It Right
1:08:19 - Final Thoughts: Only Your Search History Remains
1:13:13 - Outro Song: "hypermusia" | The Reprieve

📘 References:
1. The Silurian Hypothesis
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/silurian-hypothesis-would-it-be-possible-to-detect-an-industrial-civilization-in-the-geological-record/77818514AA6907750B8F4339F7C70EC6

2. The Silurian Hypothesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian_hypothesis

3. Drake Equation
https://www.seti.org/drake-equation-index

4. Frank Drake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Drake

5. 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Life?
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1517557112
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/life-on-earth-likely-started-at-least-4-1-billion-years-ago-much-earlier-than-scientists-had-thought

6. PBS Space Time on The Silurian Hypothesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyEWLhOfLgQ

7. Issac Arthur on The Silurian Hypothesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxf0nE2zGpc

8. Laetoli Footprint Trails
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/behavior/footprints/laetoli-footprint-trails

9. Isotopes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9418O
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9415N

10. Anoxic Events
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoxic_event
https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeculativeEvolution/comments/1bdr54e/what_are_some_plausible_candidates_for_a_silurian/?rdt=64558

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