I wonder...

[davywavy]

...if the entire human race were to drop dead tomorrow of Bird Flu, how long it would be before there were no visible signs that we'd ever existed?

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[mrmmarc.livejournal.com]

Some. Ish. We aren't EXACTLY sure on the half-million years tag.
But a bloody long time indeed.

The oldest structures may fall away but traces remain. Roman forts long gone can been seen from the air ala time team.
Dave- you want it- no buildings left gone, or GONE gone.

If the former, then 8-10,000 years from today.
If the latter- mmmmnnnn. 25,000. Give or take a few.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I'm going for 'No visible signs', because evidence will be left in the fossil record, and in radioactive isotopes, for untold millions of years.
I was just thinking of the ephemeral nature of human achievement this morning, like you do.

[mrmmarc.livejournal.com]

Then 10,000 years, with a ceiling for 25,000 for tell-tale lumops in the ground I reckon.
Hey, we are a ephemeral race you know!
(shrugs)

Go figure.
:)

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I need to be remembered longer than that.

Maybe I'll build a statue of myself with an inscription suggesting that the mighty look on my works and despair. I'm sure that'll last forever.

[colin-boyle.livejournal.com]

Davimandias?