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** The [[ManiacMonkeys predator primates]], [[AbsurdlySharpClaws the Horranes]] and the [[TRexpy Raboons.]] First off their primate facial features gives them an oddly [[UncannyValley human-like appearance]], secondly the way they're shown in the Japanese Adaptation, with the Horranes behavior being straight up [[RaptorAttack like that of a stereotypical Dromaeosaurus]] and the Raboon being an ominous mix of [[KillerGorilla Gorilla]],[[TerrifyingTyrannosaur T-Rex]] and [[KingOfBeasts Lion.]] Special mention goes to the creepy music that plays when the Raboon first appears.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Just like ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', Japan loves it. A Japanese ''After Man'' [[https://twitter.com/taremesaurus/status/1483045346578415617 museum exhibit]] even gave an exclusive extra creature, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJT7QENakAUB8z5?format=jpg&name=large a gorilla-like descendant]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJT7QENagAEQ-ox?format=jpg&name=large of the Japanese macaque]].
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Just like ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', Japan loves it. A Japanese ''After Man'' [[https://twitter.com/taremesaurus/status/1483045346578415617 museum exhibit]] even gave an exclusive extra creature, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJT7QENakAUB8z5?format=jpg&name=large a gorilla-like descendant]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJT7QENagAEQ-ox?format=jpg&name=large of the Japanese macaque]]. They also made a documentary using stop-motion and animatronics to bring the various creatures to life.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: This was the book that practically pioneered the SpeculativeBiology genre. Thanks to a mixture of many projects on the internet with a similar premise and ScienceMarchesOn, the book doesn't stand out as much.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: OnceOriginalNowCommon: This was the book that practically pioneered the SpeculativeBiology genre. Thanks to a mixture of many projects on the internet with a similar premise and ScienceMarchesOn, the book doesn't stand out as much.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Out of Dixon's speculative evolution trilogy, ''After Man'' is still the most succesful and fondly remembered of the books. It's got the most emblematic creatures, served as the basis of ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', enjoys a particularly strong following in Japan and has overall become fairly iconic. ''Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution'', while still succesful, didn't achieve the same degree of praise as this book, but it did get a Japanese manga. ''Literature/ManAfterMan'', on the other hand, isn't as liked for its drastic change in narrative and its exceedingly [[NightmareFuel horrifying imagery]]. It still does have its fans, though and has spawned several internet memes.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Out of Dixon's speculative evolution trilogy, ''After Man'' is still the most succesful successful and fondly remembered of the books. It's got the most emblematic creatures, served as the basis of ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', enjoys a particularly strong following in Japan and has overall become fairly iconic. ''Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution'', while still succesful, successful, didn't achieve the same degree of praise as this book, but it did get a Japanese manga. ''Literature/ManAfterMan'', ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'', on the other hand, isn't as liked for its drastic change in narrative and its exceedingly [[NightmareFuel horrifying imagery]]. It still does have its fans, though and has spawned several internet memes.
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** Some of the hypothetical future animals are no longer plausible because of their modern day ancestors being now endangered, like the clatta (a future descendant of lorises, which are, however, likely to go extinct in a few decades).
** Some of the hypothetical future animals are no longer plausible because of their modern day ancestors being now endangered, like the clatta (a future descendant of lorises, which are, however, likely to go extinct in a few decades).
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**HarsherInHindsight: Some of the hypothetical future animals are no longer plausible because of their modern day ancestors being now endangered, like the clatta (a future descendant of lorises, which are, however, likely to go extinct in a few decades).
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* CriticalResearchFailure: In the introduction, some examples of convergent evolution are shown between different animals in Africa, Australia, and South America filling the same niches. Most are fine except the niche of "flightless bird" compares the ostrich and the emu with ''Phororhacos'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn now synonymous with]] ''Phorusrhacos''). This is a double whammy because not only is "flightless bird" not a niche any more than "mammal" is a niche, terror birds like ''Phorusrhacos'' are widely thought to be specialized carnivores, unlike ostriches and emus, which are mostly herbivores (that sometimes eat insects). A more appropriate example should've been rheas.
* CriticalResearchFailure: In the introduction, some examples of convergent evolution are shown between different animals in Africa, Australia, and South America filling the same niches. Most are fine except the niche of "flightless bird" compares the ostrich and the emu with ''Phororhacos'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn now synonymous with]] ''Phorusrhacos''). This is a double whammy because not only is "flightless bird" not a niche any more than "mammal" is a niche, terror birds like ''Phorusrhacos'' are widely thought to be specialized carnivores, unlike ostriches and emus, which are mostly herbivores (that sometimes eat insects). A more appropriate example should've been rheas.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Out of Dixon's speculative evolution trilogy, ''After Man'' is still the most succesful and fondly remembered of the books. It's got the most emblematic creatures, served as the basis of ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', enjoys a particularly strong following in Japan and has overall become fairly iconic. ''Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution'', while still succesful, didn't achieve the same degree of praise as this book, but it did get a Japanese manga. ''Literature/ManAfterMan'', on the other hand, isn't as liked for its drastic change in narrative and its [[UncannyValley exceedingly]] exceedingly [[NightmareFuel horrifying imagery]]. It still does have its fans, though and has spawned several internet memes.
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* UncannyValley: Plenty of cases. The eyeless creatures such as the Night Stalker and the Slobber certainly count, while others, such as the Striger and the Raboon, have such bizarre and unnatural proportions that they just look...somewhat off.
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** Some of the hypothetical future animals are no longer plausible because of their modern day ancestors being now endangered, like the clatta (a future descendant of lorises, which are, however, likely to go extinct in a few decades).
** Some of the hypothetical future animals are no longer plausible because of their modern day ancestors being now endangered, like the clatta (a future descendant of lorises, which are, however, likely to go extinct in a few decades).
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[BatOutOfHell Night Stalker]] is no doubt the most famous creature in the book, thanks to its unique and [[NightmareFuel scary]] design.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[BatOutOfHell Night Stalker]] is no doubt the most famous creature in the book, thanks to its unique and [[NightmareFuel scary]] design. This is a probable contributing factor to it being one of the only two animals which had a redesign in the 2015 reprint (the other being the one on the original cover, the reedstilt).
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* CriticalResearchFailure: In the introduction, some examples of convergent evolution are shown between different animals in Africa, Australia, and South America filling the same niches. Most are fine except the niche of "flightless bird" compares the ostrich and the emu with ''Phororhacos'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn now synonymous with]] ''Phorusrhacos''). This is a double whammy because not only is "flightless bird" not a niche any more than "mammal" is a niche, terror birds like ''Phorusrhacos'' are widely thought to be specialized carnivores, unlike ostriches and emus, which are mostly herbivores (that sometimes eat insects). A more appropriate example should've been rheas.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Just like ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', Japan loves it.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Just like ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', Japan loves it. A Japanese ''After Man'' [[https://twitter.com/taremesaurus/status/1483045346578415617 museum exhibit]] even gave an exclusive extra creature, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJT7QENakAUB8z5?format=jpg&name=large a gorilla-like descendant]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJT7QENagAEQ-ox?format=jpg&name=large of the Japanese macaque]].
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Out of Dixon's speculative evolution trilogy, ''After Man'' is still the most succesful and fondly remembered of the books. It's got the most emblematic creatures, served as the basis of ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', enjoys a particularly strong following in Japan and has overall become fairly iconic. ''Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution'', while still succesful, didn't achieve the same degree of praise as this book, but it did get a Japanese manga. ''Literature/ManAfterMan'', on the other hand, isn't as liked for its drastic change in narrative and its [[UncannyValley exceedingly]] [[NightmareFuel horrifying imagery]]. It still does have its fans, though.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: Out of Dixon's speculative evolution trilogy, ''After Man'' is still the most succesful and fondly remembered of the books. It's got the most emblematic creatures, served as the basis of ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', enjoys a particularly strong following in Japan and has overall become fairly iconic. ''Literature/TheNewDinosaursAnAlternativeEvolution'', while still succesful, didn't achieve the same degree of praise as this book, but it did get a Japanese manga. ''Literature/ManAfterMan'', on the other hand, isn't as liked for its drastic change in narrative and its [[UncannyValley exceedingly]] [[NightmareFuel horrifying imagery]]. It still does have its fans, though.though and has spawned several internet memes.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[NightmareFuel Night]] [[BatOutOfHell Stalker]] is no doubt the most famous creature in the book, thanks to its unique and scary design.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[NightmareFuel Night]] [[BatOutOfHell Night Stalker]] is no doubt the most famous creature in the book, thanks to its unique and scary [[NightmareFuel scary]] design.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[NightmareFuel Night]] [[BatOutOfHell Stalker]] is no doubt the most famous creature in the book.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[NightmareFuel Night]] [[BatOutOfHell Stalker]] is no doubt the most famous creature in the book.book, thanks to its unique and scary design.
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** The [[BatOutOfHell Night Stalker]] qualifies.
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** The [[BatOutOfHell Night Stalker]] qualifies.qualifies, with its EyelessFace, MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, CreepyLongFingers and bizarre anatomy (walking on its wings while using its hind legs as hands).
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* OlderThanTheyThink: While this book helped to impulse SpeculativeBiology as a whole, the very first work of Speculative Evolution is quite probably ''Literature/TheSnoutersFormAndLifeOfTheRhinogrades'', a 1957 book written by German zoologist Gerolf Steiner dealing with the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinogradentia Rhinogradentia]]'', a fictitious order of mammals created by Steiner himself.
** ''Animal'' speculative evolution, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.
** ''Animal'' speculative evolution, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: While this book helped to impulse SpeculativeBiology as a whole, the very first work of Speculative Evolution on animals is quite probably likely ''Literature/TheSnoutersFormAndLifeOfTheRhinogrades'', a 1957 book written by German zoologist Gerolf Steiner dealing with the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinogradentia Rhinogradentia]]'', a fictitious order of mammals created by Steiner himself.
** ''Animal'' speculative evolution, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.himself.
** ''Animal'' speculative evolution, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.
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** ''Animal'' speculative biology, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.
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** ''Animal'' speculative biology, evolution, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.
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** ''Animal'' speculative biology, maybe. The earliest book about human speculative evolution is ''Literature/LastAndFirstMen'', published in 1930.
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