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Dixon studied geology and anthropology, and is as much a scientist as an artist and writer. This bizarre rare book worth hundreds of dollars found at a. Ebook dougal dixon libro electronico descargar pdf serie. Looking 50 million years into the future, this text explores the possible development or extinction of the animal world through the eyes of the timetraveller. In 1981 st martins press published after man, the first edition of palaeontologist dougal dixon s vision of an alternative evolution. An anthropology of the future first by dixon, dougal isbn. Dougal dixon has a master of science and has a special interest in fossils and evolution. Dougal dixon dumfries, 1947 e um geologo e paleontologo escoces famoso por ter escrito varios livros sobre dinossauros e animais.
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