I've been stuck for weeks with our vivarium team, trying to get them to reach a consensus on ecosystem inclusion.
What's the least amount of terrestrial lifeforms you'd need to recreate nature?
If all you had left were humans, chickens, honey bees, catfish, algae, alfalfa, yeast, and some pinto beans, could you say you'd saved life on Earth?
We don't honestly expect to be able to preserve every form of life that ever existed, but it only seems smart to back up as much as possible-extinct or otherwise-in case there's a possible balance that we missed out on the first time.
What if pterosaurs were still around when hominids started domesticating animals?
Maybe that could've led to a civilization better equipped to survive ecodisasters...
That's the same approach our antecedent group is using to archive every human mind and body that ever lived.
Say things didn't work out so well for some warrior queen_what if she'd been born with better eyesight, or a stronger immune system?
What if she had a pet mammoth?