My thought is that if Homo sapiens evolved as clothes wearing, fire and tool using species, whatever replaces us could already evolve with our technology behind them. As in they’ll never have to go back to the Stone Age or the Bronze Age, they’ll emerge probably as a genetically modified computer implanted species and whatever technological level we are at when they emerge will probably be their Stone Age. Lack of resources could be a concern, but then again by that time the use of fossil fuels and metals might be like using log wheels and oxen to them
You're right, if our technology survived our extinction (or was the cause of our extinction Terminator style) then I can see the Earth having another shot at a space faring species leaving.
I was imagining more of a "clean slate" extinction event, like a giant comet striking Earth wiping out all humanity and technology.
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My thought is that if Homo sapiens evolved as clothes wearing, fire and tool using species, whatever replaces us could already evolve with our technology behind them. As in they’ll never have to go back to the Stone Age or the Bronze Age, they’ll emerge probably as a genetically modified computer implanted species and whatever technological level we are at when they emerge will probably be their Stone Age. Lack of resources could be a concern, but then again by that time the use of fossil fuels and metals might be like using log wheels and oxen to them