Welcome to /prehis/ a thread dedicated to prehistoric animals and peoples prior to the advent of the written word in the 4th millennium BC. Speculative evolution is fine as is discussion of fiction that either features prehistoric animals and cultures or is set at any point prior to the 4th millennium BC or a fictional world with a similar level of development. Rules 1 - Global Rules apply (obviously). 2 - No Spam. 3 - Current Year events aren't allowed, go to >>>/pol/ if you want to discuss contemporary events. 4 - Religious discussion is not allowed, go to >>>/christian/ or >>>/islam/ if you want to argue about (this includes Young Earth Creationism) 5 - Furry and Bestiality aren't allowed 5 - No discord links.

WHAT 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 project http://planetfuraha.blogspot.com/ >Fantastic blog covering all sorts of spec evo topics in-depth https://specevo.jcink.net/ >The Speculative Evolution forums, full of resources and ongoing projects RECOMMENDED 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 illustrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnBEkkiJKS8&list=PLMCMZWp0T_Xri9dPWwsiYe0mbNO6apop_ >”The Future is Wild”, a CGI documentary following the evolution of life on Earth in the far future https://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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-n6hcDIHIY&list=PLOXn0TanzR28-kINnOXny50KtDWF-UL8u https://sites.google.com/site/worldofserina/ https://sunriseonilion.wordpress.com/ http://www.cmkosemen.com/snaiad_web/snduterus.html https://www.deviantart.com/sanrou/gallery/56844005/nau https://www.deviantart.com/puijila/gallery/89122435/megistornithids http://www.planetfuraha.nl/ https://multituberculateearth.wordpress.com/ https://sites.google.com/view/lokiworldofrats/home https://specevo.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=4578&st=15 https://www.deviantart.com/bicyclefrog https://hardeshur.blogspot.com/p/main-page.html https://rylmadolisland.blogspot.com/p/main-page.html?zx=bba41f9d602b6b9a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8ydZVIl2k&list=PLYvzniHQ_fgubZSScA7zVxeZnINbPnScV RECOMMENDED 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 >Previous Thread: /an/thread/4943797

Post and discuss new or old papers that probably don't need a whole thread dedicated to them. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/reassessment-of-body-temperature-and-thermoregulation-strategies-in-mesozoic-marine-reptiles/5DB88592AC69236250A516904E20FEC4