Dougal Dixon

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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

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 34455752 LCCN: n81047306 ISNI: 0000 0000 8112 9527 GND: 110393074 NDL: 00437986

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Name	Dixon, Dougal
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Short description	British geologist
Date of birth	May 9, 1947
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