93Book: The World of Dinosaurs
Is your dinosaur knowledge a bit creaky?
The story of dinosaurs has progressed
enormously and become very fast-paced
since the 1970s and 80s, and many older
people have been left behind in their
knowledge. Now comes the one book that
will set your straight, and may even allow
you to tustle ‘dino-facts’ with your know-it-
all nephews! This 250-page whopper distills
all the latest scientific knowledge into a
highly polished and accessible visual form,
and sets you up to follow the rapidly
emerging new discoveries in dinosaurs. The
World of Dinosaurs: An Illustrated Tour is
from the American Museum of Natural
History and the University of Chicago Press,
and it presents dinosaurs by genetic group
rather than chronologically. This means the
reader can easily follow the subtle and
remarkable differences produced by
adaptation and evolution.
Due for publication at the end of April 2019.
Book: Lost Anatomies
Lost Anatomies: The Evolution of the Human
Form is a new book that surveys the remarkable
variety of human species now known to have
once existed in prehistory. Far from being a dry
scientific monograph, this new book vividly re-
created ancient human features in over 200
scientifically accurate paintings and drawings.
These are the work of John Gurche, who over
three decades has been creating the pictures as
each new scientific discovery was made.
Gurche is not a household name, but his work
has been shown at the American Museum of
Natural History, the Field Museum, and he made
the fifteen sculptures of early humans seen in
the Smithsonian’s Hall of Human Origins. the
book is organised by time period, introduced by
short personal essays from some of the world's
most acclaimed human fossil-hunters and
curators. The pictures have a suitably earthy
and gritty appearance. The hardcover appear in
mid March 2019, and we're pleased to see
there’s already a Kindle ebook edition — which
should look great on a big 10” tablet.