Workshop "Tertiary ecosystems: evolution and palaeoenvironments" lecturers.
Mauricio Antón has been
a professional paleoartist since 1987. He works in collaboration with the
Paleobiology department at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid.
His illustrations are exhibited in museums in several countries, including the Museo
Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid), The National Museum of Natural History
(Washington, D. C.) and the American Museum of Natural History (New York) among
many others. He is the author and/or illustrator of many books, including
“Sabertooth”, “El Secreto de los Fósiles”, “The Big Cats and Their Fossils
Relatives”, “Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids”, “Evolving Eden”, “La Especie
Elegida”, and “The National Geographic Book of Prehistoric Mammals”, among
others. He has collaborated with the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery
Channel in the production of documentary films, including “Wild New World”,
“Sabretooth” and “Walking with Beasts”. He also keeps the blog “Chasing
Sabretooths”. He works in the application of 3D modelling and animation to the reconstruction
of past life, and has created animated films in collaboration with the
Madrid-based studio “The Fly Factory”.His research on the evolution and anatomy
of carnivorans and other mammals has resulted in many academic papers in
journals including the Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology and Journal of Human Evolution. And Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences among others. He has given lectures in Spain,
Denmark, the UK and the USA. He travels extensively to wildlife areas in order
to observe extant wild mammals in their environments, and has led several
art-training trips to Botswana.
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