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A story in which alien invaders land on a devastated earth and resurrect a human.
The humans had reached a very advanced stage but had been destroyed by a natural disaster which they didn't have the time to prevent.
The aliens now try to destroy this human but he tricks them into blowing themselves up.
I believe this is "The Monster" by A E Van Vogt. In this short story an alien ship lands on a lifeless earth and enter a museum. Using a resurrection machine and small fragments of skull bone, they restore several humans to life - beginning with an egyptian mummy and ending with a highly advanced human who outsmarts the aliens.
