#evolutionseries

Evolution Series: A Drove of Dragons

Dragons are some of the most fantastical creatures to never have evolved. With their burning breath and aerial proficiency, they have inspired legends all over the world for thousands of years.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition could’ve happened. Also this is an April fool’s joke.*

Evolution Series: The Feathered Terrorists

The so-called Terror Birds did justice to their Mesozoic ancestors, taking the role of apex predators for millions of years in South America - some even made the trek north, reaching as far as Florida and Texas before dying out.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

Evolution Series: More Armor Please

Ankylosaurs were some of the most well-protected vertebrates to ever live, with some going so far as having armored eyelids. Their history shows a fierce arms race between powerful predators and prey.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

Evolution Series: Prancing Primates

Primates are some of the most adaptable and successful mammals alive, and the only group of animals known to have developed sapience. Their long history starts right at the beginning of the Age of Mammals.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

Evolution Series: Dear Deer

Deer are mostly well-known for their antlers, and for good reason. But even though this lineage gave rise to some incredible beasts, they arose from small, antler-less and surprisingly enough, tusked ancestors.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

Evolution Series: The Royal Tyrants

Tyrannosaurids were some of the largest land predators in Earth’s history. These theropods originated in Asia and dominated the northern hemisphere by investing in massive bone-crushing mouths.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

Evolution Series: A Torrent of Turtles

Turtles are some of the oldest vertebrate groups on Earth. No one knows for sure where exactly they fit in the reptilian family tree, but their incredible evolution is well known thanks to amazing fossil finds.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*