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neutronbumblebee@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Not to mention all the creatures that just didn’t fossilise because they died away from water or had mostly lightweight tissues. They are nothing but dust on the winds of time. Not at all like our era which will be clearly delineated by … Chicken bones and radioactive waste.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I also think about that. Like, just right now, there are probably thousands, millions(?!) of species of life we have no idea about on earth as we speak, especially in the (deep) ocean. And that’s just right now! Imagine all throughout history, all of the undiscovered life and things that never fossilized, like you said. The number of colors that we have to paint the full picture of life on the younger earth is so incredibly limited.