Long long editionPrevious Thread >>4794456WHAT IS SPECULATIVE EVOLUTION?Speculative evolution is the exploration and imagining of how life might evolve in the future or could have evolved in alternate pasts. It's a multimedia sci-fi genre that harnesses scientific principles to create detailed and plausible hypothetical creatures, ecosystems, and evolutionary histories.RESOURCES:https://speculativeevolution.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Tutorial>One-stop shop for relevant background information for starting a projecthttp://planetfuraha.blogspot.com/>Fantastic blog covering all sorts of spec evo topics in-depthhttps://specevo.jcink.net/>The Speculative Evolution forums, full of resources and ongoing projectsRECOMMENDED PROJECTS:https://pastebin.com/zhBbaNTB>Link to a PDF of Wayne Barlowe’s “Expedition”, a seminal work of speculative evolution full of incredible paintings and illustrationshttps://youtu.be/Rbi8Jgx1CNE [Embed] [Embed]>”The Future is Wild”, a CGI documentary following the evolution of life on Earth in the far futurehttps://pastebin.com/esdFrSEZ>Dougal Dixon, arguably the father of speculative evolution. These are links to PDF’s of his books “After Man”, “The New Dinosaurs”, and “Man After Man”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egzZv8tqT_k&list=PL6xPxnYMQpquNuaEffJzjGjMsr6VktCYl&ab_channel=Biblaridion [Embed] [Embed]https://sites.google.com/site/worldofserina/https://sunriseonilion.wordpress.com/http://www.cmkosemen.com/snaiad_web/snduterus.htmlhttps://www.deviantart.com/sanrou/gallery/56844005/nauhttp://www.planetfuraha.nl/https://multituberculateearth.wordpress.com/https://sites.google.com/view/lokiworldofrats/homehttps://specevo.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=4578&st=15https://www.deviantart.com/bicyclefroghttps://hardeshur.blogspot.com/p/main-page.htmlhttps://rylmadolisland.blogspot.com/p/main-page.html?zx=bba41f9d602b6b9a
>>4833788RECOMMENDED READING LIST ON EVOLUTION:> The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins> The Extended Phenotype - Richard Dawkins> The Revolutionary Phenotype - J.F. Gariepy> Evolution and the Theory of Games - John Maynard Smith> Animal Signals - John Maynard Smith> The Red Queen - Matt Ridley> Mendel's Principles of Heredity - Bateson & Mendel> Population Genetics: A Concise Guide - John H. Guillespie> The Largest Avian Radiation: The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes by Jon Fjeldså, Les Christidis, and Per G. P. Ericson>The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity by Douglas Erwin>Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World by George McGhee Jr.>Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition by Hans-Dieter Sues>On the Prowl: In Search of Big Cat Origins by Mark Hallett and John Harris
>>4833790it can't reach ground with the trunk. charging towards threats with that thin neck and off center tusk twisting the head is a bad idea, kicks are still the best option.
>>4833790would be better as a tapir
>>4833788Why is every spec evo a bug+mammal fusion?
>>4833788>Speculative EvolutionOkay kike
Hi /an/ i didnt see a paleotology thread up but this general kinda fits, I'm a 3d artist and im working on a project about a jurassic park type place where a corporation has remade extinct animals as well as altered a few mixing both prehistoric and modern animals so i wanted to ask what animals from prehistory do you think are underrated and would like to see more of in paleoart or media?
>>4834485https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik0BPKM9WQg
>>4834485giant ground sloths
>>4834485Archelon, the ruling turtle
>>4834485Ngandong Tiger, probably one of the more straightforward examples of natural selection that we know of.>Shares environment with Pachycrocutas, machairodonts, and wolf-sized packing-living canids>Evolves into a huge form that causes the sabertooth cat to locally go extinct and the canids to shrink to the size of dholes. Dunno what happened to the hyenas.>Shrinks in size.
>>4834485Bone crushing dogs Terror birds Terrestrial crocodylians
