If society collapsed, who would inherit the earth?

If society collapsed, who would inherit the earth?

It would be those who can survive without Walmart. Namely, the hunter gatherers.

And they say, history is written by the winners.

So let’s fast forward 1,000 years after the collapse, what will be said of this era?

Would future humans know anything about our current understanding of quantum mechanics, genetic biology, the internet? Or even simpler, what about sewers and roads?

Given this thought experiment, how many civilizations have come and gone, in which we know nothing of their advancements in science, technology, engineering, math?

There’s very little remaining structures from 1,000 years ago, let alone 10,000. Yet, there are mysterious remains all over the planet. From the jungles of the Amazon to the deserts of the Sahara.

It’s fascinating to think about what was before our written history. What knowledge has been lost to time. And how many advanced civilizations we’ll never know existed those many millennia ago.