Dixon D. After Man: A Zoology of the Future

New York:St. Martin's Press,1981. — 213 p.
Evolution is a process of improvement. Hence, looking at the animals and plants of today and their interactions - the delicate balance between the flora, the herbivores and the meat-eaters; the precise engineering of the load-bearing structures of the giraffe's backbone; the delicate sculpting of the monkey's foot, enabling it to grasp objects as well as to climb trees; the subtle coloration of the puff-adder's skin, hiding it completely among the dead leaves of the forest floor - and trying to project all of that into the future is a near impossibility. For how can you improve upon perfection?