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ecm1413 t1_itccqbl wrote

Reply to comment by MajorGeneralInternet in Human 'bog bones' discovered at Stone Age campsite in Germany by wishywashy9101

Right? So many lost thoughts and ideas over time :/

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jackedtradie t1_itckfon wrote

Blows my mind. The billions of people that lived before us. Gone like dust in the wind. They have families, problems, struggles, successes, thoughts and ideas, happy times and sad times. They were the centre of their own world for a second in this universe, then gone and forgotten

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Oblivisteam t1_itcmbdx wrote

The way I always reconcile with that thought is that we live on through the interactions and imprints we leave upon others. Your face and your name may be forgotten, though it could be remembered by history somehow, but those whose lives you touched will echo forward endlessly. It's all we can do to make sure it's a calm ripple and not a violent riptide.

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RubySapphireGarnet t1_itdtd8a wrote

They're not completely gone, their DNA lives on in their ancestors in sort of beautiful way. You and are the culmination of millions before us. Pretty cool

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ecm1413 t1_ite2iq7 wrote

I totally agree. I've thought about that before and definitely take solace knowing we all carry on through our DNA. It's cool when someone makes a (good) impact on history and gets to live on through history too.

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Latyon t1_ite4euf wrote

Not all of us have kids though

But that's fine, I'm cool with just being a branch on this crazy tree of life.

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ecm1413 t1_ite4qrg wrote

I meant like our ancestors before us but I get what you're saying!

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Metalhed69 t1_iterenz wrote

My 23 and Me DNA report says I’m descended from one of the groups that inhabited Doggerland (mentioned in the article). So yeah, still here.

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