After man : a zoology of the future / by Dougal Dixon ; introduction by Desmond Morris.

London : Breakdown Press, [2021]

141 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 28 cm

40th anniversary edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution: Cell genetics ; Natural selection ; Animal behaviour ; Form and development ; Food chains -- History of life: The origins of life ; Early living forms ; The age of reptiles ; The age of mammals ; The age of man ; Life after man. The world after man -- Temperate woodlands and grasslands: The rabbucks ; The predators ; Creatures of the under growth ; The tree dwellers ; Nocturnal animals ; The wetlands -- Coniferous forests: The browsing mammals ; The hunters and the hunted ; Tree life -- Tundra and the polar regions: The migrants ; The meaching and its enemies ; The polar ocean ; The southern ocean ; The mountains -- The deserts : the arid lands: The sand dwellers ; Large desert animals ; The North American deserts -- Tropical grasslands: The grass-eaters ; Giants of the plains ; The meat-eaters -- Tropical forests: The tree-top canopy ; Living in the trees ; The forest floor ; Living with water ; Australian forests ; The Australian forest undergrowth -- Islands and island continents: South American forest ; South American grasslands ; The island of Lemuria ; The islands of Batavia ; The islands of Pacaus -- Future: The destiny of life.