The Evolution of Speculative Evolution

You should’ve called the video “The evolution of speculative evolution”

I grew up on things like walking with monsters, alien planet, the future is wild, and spore and I just want to say thank you everybody for making my childhood and inspiring me to study biology and evolution from such a young age. Now I’m in high school and wanting to become a biologist, this amazing community is growing so rapidly and I really hope more projects like alien planets are made . Thank you

speculative evolution is such a diverse genre of sci-fi. Its cool to see that its always had its place among the populace almost as long as concept of evolution has existred

I got addicted to speculative zoology since last year, I dont think I'll stop searching about it with so much interesting content out there

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real genuinely has some of the best CGI I've ever seen. I can't find a single mention of its budget, but whatever it was, it couldn't have been that high. Which makes the effects present all the more impressive.

I love speculative evolution And honestly I don't really like how people tend to ridiculed past scientists for doing things wrong Yes we have hindsight and know what's true but still

Great video! I'm humbled that you featured so many of my works here... :)

my favorite speculative biology projects is "Alien Biospheres" by Biblaridion. the entire undertaking of it is so crazy and rich with potential since it covers flora, fauna, and much more on a planet that also takes into account plate tectonics, atmospheric conditions, and the planet's materials. id really recommend!

I have never heard of that 1950's Mars and Beyond, and it looks quite incredible, especially by the standards of alien lifeform design at the time - charming and creative though it often was. Thank you for bringing it to my attention Curious Archive :D I think one of my favourite animals from After Man is the Truteal. It's somehow both really bizarre looking yet utterly believable. There are some quite fanciful looking creatures in the book, and although I love them, there is a small number I find hard to envision running around "in the flesh" so to speak. But so many of the speculative creatures in that book are so well conceived and brilliantly illustrated I almost have to convince myself they aren't real.

As a science teacher in training, the idea of setting up student projects based around creating speculative ecosystems is exciting, especially when using the sources, you described as student resources for class inspiration.

I just recently finished 'The Time Machine' and I found it somewhat hilarious that the penultimate creatures that evolved on earth where giant crabs xD Because of that theory turned meme, that one day everything evolves into crustaceans.

I remember reading Dixons works at the local library as a kid, as well as watching the Future is Wild and that dragon show at around the same time. Spore had also come out around then too, and while it was a simplified game, I think it had a lot of impact on the community.

Serina: World of Birds will always be the most incredible speculative evolution project in my life. The sheer length of it, the details with each animal design, and the absolutely heart-wrenching stories of Serina's ice age, it's all an experience I will never forget.

I’ve been here since Serina pt 3 and you’ve gotten so much better and are what introduced me to speculative biology and I’ve been watching every new upload ever since, your my 3rd fav YouTuber and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, I hope you keep making fantastic content and happy first anniversary for your time on YouTube.

Honestly, If curious archive grows large enough, they should kickstart a Speculative evolution series of their own! I think it would be amazing for the channel, and you'd have something completely new to review.

I don't usually make these kinds of comments at all but i just wanted to say i really appreciate the effort and editing you put into your content, I don't think I would've discovered my love for speculative evolution without your videos. Btw happy one year anniversary!

I can remember reading a book by Eric B. Horsted "Chimera"(or something like that, because I could not find non-cyrillic translation of the book anywhere)(it is called Химера – Ерік Хадспет in my language). It speculated about mythical creatures of different cultures being real, having an actual anatomy and role in ecosystem. It had amazing illustrations of those creatures anatomy, it was pure delight to gaze on them, totally recommend you to check out at least few free pages

So Wells is the the guy who started the indescribable eldritch tentacle beast thing... also giant enemy crabs apparently. jokes aside, you missed the opportunity to call the vid The Evolution of Speculative Evolution, good vid nonetheless. Edit: Oh wow he actually went for the pun, nice :)

Speculative evolution is the best thing in media without it I’m nothing

In the first summer of quarantine I discovered the genre of speculative evolution, and I instantly became obsessed. I had never found something that so perfectly combined my love for animals, worldbuilding, and creature/monster/alien design, and I hope to leave my mark on this beautiful genre one day.