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The Search for More Speculative Evolution
Topic Started: Jun 6 2016, 09:13 AM (618 Views)
JohnWarrenDailey
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Does anyone here know a list of other speculative evolution websites or forums I can go to and post discussion questions other than here, the Wiki or the Reddit?
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I'm not aware of any for general speculative evolution, though for questions about real organisms and evolution there are a lot of good places, and many spec questions are about finding a basis in reality after all.
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JohnWarrenDailey
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Holben
Jun 6 2016, 09:31 AM
I'm not aware of any for general speculative evolution, though for questions about real organisms and evolution there are a lot of good places, and many spec questions are about finding a basis in reality after all.
Have you got a list of these "good places"?
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The affiliates page on this forum is a good place to go.
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JohnWarrenDailey
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Jun 6 2016, 12:04 PM
The affiliates page on this forum is a good place to go.
Where can I find the affiliates page?
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JohnWarrenDailey
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All I see in the bottom right are "Track Topic", "E-mail Topic" and the date.
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Well there is one...just one caveat though. It's in Russian. They have a good list going of speculative evolution projects, most of which are pretty familiar to us.
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malicious-monkey
Jun 6 2016, 12:57 PM
Well there is one...just one caveat though. It's in Russian. They have a good list going of speculative evolution projects, most of which are pretty familiar to us.
I'm asking for discussion forums, not a list of what's already been written and published.
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JohnWarrenDailey
Jun 6 2016, 01:06 PM
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Jun 6 2016, 12:57 PM
Well there is one...just one caveat though. It's in Russian. They have a good list going of speculative evolution projects, most of which are pretty familiar to us.
I'm asking for discussion forums, not a list of what's already been written and published.
Well then you're out of luck, because there's not a lot of forums that discuss speculative evolution outside of this forum.
Projects and concepts that I have stewing around
Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients)
Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals.
Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day.
Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent.
Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold.
The Park- ???
Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth.
World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies.
The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems..
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All I see in the bottom right are "Track Topic", "E-mail Topic" and the date.


You're looking in the wrong place. The affiliates page is in the TOP right hand corner of the page, directly below the banner.
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malicious-monkey
Jun 6 2016, 12:57 PM
Well there is one...just one caveat though. It's in Russian. They have a good list going of speculative evolution projects, most of which are pretty familiar to us.
Oh neat, it mentions Sagan 4. :)
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JohnWarrenDailey
Jun 6 2016, 01:06 PM
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Jun 6 2016, 12:57 PM
Well there is one...just one caveat though. It's in Russian. They have a good list going of speculative evolution projects, most of which are pretty familiar to us.
I'm asking for discussion forums, not a list of what's already been written and published.
We're all there is.
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TBH we're not really a big enough hobby to warrant multiple forums.
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malicious-monkey
Jun 6 2016, 02:50 PM
TBH we're not really a big enough hobby to warrant multiple forums.
We should be though :/
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