Dougal Dixon

Dougal Dixon (born Dumfries, May 9, 1947) is a Scottish geologist and author.

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
• la enciclopedia ilustrada de los dinosaurios y otros animales prehistoricos (2005)
• 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

• Dougal Dixon's web page