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[mithridates]

<p>It's certainly possible. As this book shows, if humans were to disappear the Earth would revert back to its original state quite quickly and another planet would be no different:</p><p>http://www.worldwithoutus.com/index2.html</p><p>"<span class="body_text">The World Without Us reveals how, just days after humans disappear, floods in New York's subways would start eroding the city's foundations, and how, as the world&rsquo;s cities crumble, asphalt jungles give way to real ones. It describes the distinct ways that organic and chemically-treated farms would revert to wild, how billions more birds would flourish, and how cockroaches in unheated cities would perish without us. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders from rabbis to the Dalai Lama, and paleontologists &ndash; who describe a pre-human world inhabited by megafauna like giant sloths that stood taller than mammoths &ndash; Weisman illustrates what the planet might be like today, if not for us."</span> </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>----- </p><p>http://mithridates.blogspot.com</p> </div>

 

[SpeedFreek]

An interesting concept indeed. One thing I am sceptical of though - what could religious leaders possibly tell us about how the world would evolve without humans on it? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000">_______________________________________________<br /></font><font size="2"><em>SpeedFreek</em></font> </p> </div>

 

[R1]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">couldn't the pyramids remain?</font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Philotas]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>An interesting concept indeed. One thing I am sceptical of though - what could religious leaders possibly tell us about how the world would evolve without humans on it? <br />Posted by SpeedFreek</DIV><br /><br />Pardon me for not waiting for an answer, but: ROTFL <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[weeman]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>An interesting concept indeed. One thing I am sceptical of though - what could religious leaders possibly tell us about how the world would evolve without humans on it? <br />Posted by SpeedFreek</DIV><br /><br />It probably wouldn't evolve. The Earth and the Heavens were created just for humans, right!? </p><p>I know you agree with that one, Speedfreek. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>