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Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ... by andsoitis on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:20AM (#36734115)
> biological mechanical parts

What’s that?

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Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ... by swores on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:17AM (#36734388)
A wooden cog, a chain made not from metal but from plant fibres, etc etc.
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Re:Could an Industrial Civilization Have Predated Humans on ... by andsoitis on Saturday July 15, 2023 @09:37AM (#36736620)
And you’re thinking that the machines that produces these plant based parts at industrial scale were themselves made of plant material, rather than plastics and metals?
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