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Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refinedâand RedefinedâNature
Maybe someday
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Author:
Beth Shapiro
Publisher:
Basic Books
Date:
October 19, 2021
Shapiro shows that the molecular tools of biotechnology are just the latest in a long line of innovations stretching back to the extra food and warm fires that first brought wolves into the human fold, turning them into devoted dogs. Perhaps more importantly, Shapiro offers a new understanding of the evolution of our species and those that surround us.
What The Reviewers Say
... thoughtful and entertaining.
The scientific study of ancient DNA preserved in extinct species and the possibility of de-extinction (employing biotech to bring back extinct species in the manner of Jurassic Park) make for truly fascinating reading. Employing just the right amount of paleontology, history, genomics, and archaeology, Shapiro warns that we stand on the precipice of fashioning a new, unnatural nature. The risk of messing up the future of other species and even the planet itself looms large..
... fun-filled.
