I am a zoologist and a writer. I study animal behavior and conservation, and write about nature, travel, and whatever else comes to mind. My permanent website is dinets.info Here are my books – message me if you’d like a signed copy.

I am tired of the media posting human-like images of Neanderthals and melting down over their “love affairs” with our species.First of all, these facial reconstructions are based on techniques and artistic traditions developed for modern humans, so they are mostly useless. We have no idea what Neanderthals looked like, but they were certainly very… Read more

I moved from Russia to the US in 1997, and rented a room in Berkeley, California. I lived in the state for five years, moving to a new place every year, and then spent two years in Davis in 2013-15. My older child was born here. I remember the day when I first got here,… Read more