The new dinosaurs: an alternative evolutionLooks at how the dinosaurs might have evolved if they hadn't become extinct, and shows and describes the characteristics of these hypothetical creatures |
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The new dinosaurs: an alternative evolution
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictMany sf writers have created worlds where dinosaurs still walk the earth, but Dixon's new book pursues the premise in the most realistic way yet. In After Man: A Zoology of the Future (LJ 10/15/81 ... Read full review
Contents
foreword | 5 |
the new tree of life | 13 |
the new dinosaurs | 29 |
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