Could an abandoned Dyson Ring survive long enough for intelligent life to evolve?

Humanity survives long enough to create a Dyson-Ring around old Sol using many of the planets and asteroids currently in the system. Then 'something happens' we die out, we discover a way to travel to other stars, something.

The ring will have some automated systems such as keeping the sun centered in the ring and some capabilities for self repair to critical functions.

While making the ring we made biomes all over the place as zoos/preserves for most of the plants and animals still living on the Earth. (And we captured as much DNA samples as we could get for general knowledge to allow us to bring back different species should we feel like it).

Even though they are 'zoos', they are mostly left for nature to take its course, herbivores feeding on plants and carnivores feeding on herbivores etc.

Now, most of the systems are just to keep the basics running, not to repair a large hole caused by an impact of an asteroid or what ever (though most have been consumed in making the ring).

Could the Ring last long enough to allow an intelligent species to evolve with similar mental capabilities to humans? Or would it just crumble into an asteroid belt? (We accidentally killed off the other great apes, and hadn't gotten around to reintroducing them).

posted over 8 years ago

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