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by mc32 1073 days ago
It's one of those "prove a negative" but with the enthusiasm of flat-earthers. Is it technically possible there could have been an isolated population that evolved and emerged and then got engulfed by a supervolcano or was taken under by a sudden asteroid impact or ... and all traces erased? We can think and work out such scenarios, but they are not likely at all.