- Dougal Dixon
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Dougal Dixon (born Dumfries, 1947) is a Scottish geologist and author.
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Biography
Dixon studied geology and palaeontology at the University of St. Andrews and is best known for his illustrated works of speculative fiction, which largely concern "zoologies of the future": his own visions of how human beings and animals might evolve in millions of years' time. He is the younger brother of Douglas Dixon.
Books
Texts:-
- After Man: A Zoology of the Future (1981)
- Visions Of Man Evolved (1982)
- The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution (1988)
- The Children's Giant Book of Dinosaurs (approx. 1990)
- Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future (1990)
- The Future Is Wild (2003) - with John Adams
- If Dinosaurs Were Alive Today
- World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures (2008)
Fiction:-- Ice Age Explorer (Time Machine, No. 7) (1985)
Television appearances
- Natural History of an Alien (aka Anatomy of an Alien) - Discovery Channel/BBC (1998)
External links
Categories:- 1947 births
- People from Dumfries
- Living people
- Scottish science writers
- Choose Your Own Adventure writers
- Scottish geologists
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
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