“After Man” Explained | Speculative Zoology

Imagine a version of Earth fifty million years in the future — where humanity has vanished, and extraordinary new creatures have evolved. Welcome to Dougal Dixon’s “After Man.” --- Subscribe to stay up to date with The Archive: Curious Archive Social Media: Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: ‘After Man’ is a retro-art filled speculative zoology book written by Dougal Dixon. The book is part of a trilogy alongside ‘Man After Man’ and ‘The New Dinosaurs’ — I have a video on The new Dinosaurs in the archive. After Man also influenced other series like the Future is Wild, and C. M. Kosemen’s infamous ‘All Tomorrows.’ ‘After Man’s’ impact no surprise, as the post-human Earth Dixon brings to life within the pages feels so familiar, and yet so alien. And the biology of the futuristic animals he showcases are so strange, it’s worth taking a closer look. So, for this entry into the archive, we’re going to break down the animal ecosystems of the far future, bearing in mind that some of the science is outdated, and it’s impossible to know exactly what such a world would look like. Think of this book and this video as just an interesting guess. So, let’s leap forwards fifty million years, and discover what types of fantastical species might now reign over the planet. 0:00 A New World 1:21 Temperate Forests & Grasslands 3:23 Coniferous Forests 4:19 Tundra and the Polar Regions 5:52 Deserts 7:09 Tropical Grasslands 8:29 Tropical Forests 9:28 Islands 10:35 Outro All book credit goes to the brilliant Dougal Dixon, please support his amazing work! Website here: Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary and social satire. I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners. ♫ Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 #CuriousArchive #AfterMan #SpeculativeZoology