An alternative evolution

[zoomar]

I believe this site may have been referenced here once before, but here it is again.

This is possibly the most thorough exploration of a what-might-have-been alternative earth, at least from the biological perspective. A team effort which will take readers days to explore and is still unfinished.


http://www.geocities.com/dbensen2/index.html

Here is a more direct link into the good stuff:

http://www.bowdoin.edu/~dbensen/Spec/Beasts.htm

[Akiyama]

Many of the links seem to be broken, which is a pity, including the second link you posted.

I have a book based on the same idea - The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution by Dougal Dixon (1988).

[zoomar]

Funny, the 2nd link just worked for me...and this is the better of the two links I provided. I think this is actually a much better effort than Dougal Dixon's book. Hope you can get the links to work

[Tocomocho]

Akiyama, try to see the second link with Internet Explorer. In my computer it doesn't work with Firefox.

I know Daniel Bensen' site since some years ago and I love it. It's a pity that there aren't any recent updates. I specially like the hypsilophodontids evolving into manatee-like marine dinosars, the hyena-like oviraptors and the primates going a different cat-like evolutionary way. And of course, the fact that dromaeosaurs remain as top predators on Earth.

[zoomar]

I like the attention given to mammals, actually. Most "dinosaurs don't die out" schemes presume mammals either stay tiny and inconsequential or become extinct. I like the fact that many of the modern groups of mammals flourish in Spec alongside reptiles and dinosaurs/birds, even some primates. And you can't go wrong with fuzzy cute tyrannosaurids

Basically, it is a wonderfully fleshed out world.

[Akiyama]

Originally Posted by Tocomocho

Akiyama, try to see the second link with Internet Explorer. In my computer it doesn't work with Firefox.

You're right, using Internet Explorer, all the links seem to work fine. I now agree that this is a great site!

[Keenir]

Originally Posted by zoomar

I like the attention given to mammals, actually. Most "dinosaurs don't die out" schemes presume mammals either stay tiny and inconsequential or become extinct. I like the fact that many of the modern groups of mammals flourish in Spec alongside reptiles and dinosaurs/birds, even some primates. And you can't go wrong with fuzzy cute tyrannosaurids

Basically, it is a wonderfully fleshed out world.

we're in the middle of a very large re-working of the site. no worries. its going to be bigger and better in the near future.

[Keenir]

Originally Posted by zoomar

http://www.geocities.com/dbensen2/index.html

Here is a more direct link into the good stuff:

http://www.bowdoin.edu/~dbensen/Spec/Beasts.htm

Pretty close...there's more than just beasts there.

http://www.bowdoin.edu/~dbensen/Spec/Index.html

btw, we're always on the lookout for people who'd like to join the Spec team & help build critters for the world of Spec.


-Keenir, creator of the booboo