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* FantasticFaunaCounterpart: Be it genetically-enhanced humans, surviving dinosaurs, or mammals and birds in the future, many of his creatures fill the niches and anatomical resemblances to other unrelated extinct species. In the works themselves, Dixon explains this as being intended to demonstrate the phenomenon of parallel evolution, where unrelated creatures that inhabit similar niches or experience similar conditions will independently evolve similar traits.
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* FantasticFaunaCounterpart: Be it genetically-enhanced humans, surviving dinosaurs, or mammals and birds in the future, many of his creatures fill the niches and anatomical resemblances to other unrelated extinct species. In the works themselves, Dixon explains this as being intended to demonstrate the phenomenon of parallel evolution, where unrelated creatures that inhabit similar niches or experience similar conditions will independently evolve similar traits. In the case of ''Man After Man'', this is deliberately invoked -- the Hitek purposefully engineered the new human species to mirror nonhuman megafauna in order to fill the ecological gaps left by those species' extinction.
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* AuthorAppeal: Naked mole-rats seem to have had a big impact on him; eusocial organisms explicitly based on the naked mole-rat colony structure appear in all three of his speculative evolution books, as well as in Literature/TheFutureIsWild.
** [[ChubbyChaser Corpulent, fatty creatures also make recurring appearances, too]].
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* FantasticFaunaCounterpart: Be it genetically-enhanced humans, surviving dinosaurs, or mammals and birds in the future, many of his creatures fill the niches and anatomical resemblances to other unrelated extinct species. In the works themselves, Dixon explains this as being intended to demonstrate the phenomenon of parallel evolution, where unrelated creatures that inhabit similar niches or experience similar conditions will independently evolve similar traits.
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* There's also a recurring theme of penguin-like creatures in his work, such as the surfbat, the gannetwhale, the vortex and porpin, and a penguin pterosaur in ''The New Dinosaurs''.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: He gives fur-like pelage onto dinosaurs in ''The New Dinosaurs'', decades before it was confirmed that many dinosaurs, even ornithopods, had primitive filament coverings that in many species would superficially resemble fur.
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* FantasticFaunaCounterpart: Be it genetically-enhanced humans, surviving dinosaurs, or mammals and birds in the future, many of his creatures fill the niches and anatomical resemblances to other unrelated extinct species.
* ScienceMarchesOn: A lot has been discovered about dinosaurs since ''The New Dinosaurs'' was written, leaving plenty of inaccuracies or outdated portrayals in hindsight.
* ScienceMarchesOn: A lot has been discovered about dinosaurs since ''The New Dinosaurs'' was written, leaving plenty of inaccuracies or outdated portrayals in hindsight.
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If you're into paleontology and speculative biology, this name must already be familiar to you. Born in Dumfries, 1947, he has written several books about dinosaurs, several of them for children, and you might have seen some of those already in the shelves of your library. He is, however, also well known for his books on speculative biology (in other words, imagining how life would evolve in other scenarios), being indeed among the first to write on speculative evolution.
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If you're into paleontology and speculative biology, this name must already be familiar to you. Born in Dumfries, 1947, he has written several books about dinosaurs, several of them for children, and you might have seen some of those already in the shelves of your library. He is, however, also well known for his books on [[SpeculativeDocumentary speculative biology biology]] (in other words, imagining how life would evolve in other scenarios), being indeed among the first to write on speculative evolution.
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* AuthorAppeal: Naked mole-rats seem to have had a big impact on him; eusocial organisms explicitly based on the naked mole-rat colony structure appear in all three of his books.
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* Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture (the names are kinda predictable aren't they? Contains a crapload of terrifying things.)
* Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution (not as good as his previous book, but still worth a look)
* Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture (the names are kinda predictable aren't they? Contains a crapload of terrifying things.)
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In general terms, [[YouFailBiologyForever he tends to have several flaws on his books about biology]], be them about dinosaurs or nonexistent species, but usually said flaws are washed away by his creativity and by the images the authors he hired do. ''Usually''.
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In general terms, [[YouFailBiologyForever [[ArtisticLicenseBiology he tends to have several flaws on his books about biology]], be them about dinosaurs or nonexistent species, but usually said flaws are washed away by his creativity and by the images the authors he hired do. ''Usually''.
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* ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture (the names are kinda predictable aren't they? Contains a crapload of terrifying things.)
* ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture (the names are kinda predictable aren't they? Contains a crapload of terrifying things.)
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* AuthorAppeal: Naked mole-rats seem to have had a big impact on DD; eusocial organisms explicitly based on the naked mole-rat colony structure appear in all three of his books.
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If you're into paleontology and speculative biology, this name must already be familiar to you. Born in Dumfries, 1947, he has written several books about dinosaurs, several of them for children, and you might have seen some of those already in the shelves of your library. He is, however, also well known for his books on speculative biology (in other words, imagining how life would evolve in other scenarios), being indeed among the first to write on speculative evolution.
In general terms, [[YouFailBiologyForever he tends to have several flaws on his books about biology]], be them about dinosaurs or nonexistent species, but usually said flaws are washed away by his creativity and by the images the authors he hired do. ''Usually''.
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!!Notable Works by DD include:
* Literature/AfterManAZoologyOfTheFuture (which probably made him stand out among people who write cheap paleontology books)
* Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution (not as good as his previous book, but still worth a look - can be found online [[http://www.sivatherium.narod.ru/library/Dixon_2/00_en.htm here]])
* ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture (the names are kinda predictable aren't they? Contains a crapload of terrifying things.)
* Franchise/TheFutureIsWild (a co-production with many people)
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In general terms, [[YouFailBiologyForever he tends to have several flaws on his books about biology]], be them about dinosaurs or nonexistent species, but usually said flaws are washed away by his creativity and by the images the authors he hired do. ''Usually''.
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!!Notable Works by DD include:
* Literature/AfterManAZoologyOfTheFuture (which probably made him stand out among people who write cheap paleontology books)
* Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution (not as good as his previous book, but still worth a look - can be found online [[http://www.sivatherium.narod.ru/library/Dixon_2/00_en.htm here]])
* ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture (the names are kinda predictable aren't they? Contains a crapload of terrifying things.)
* Franchise/TheFutureIsWild (a co-production with many people)
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