Resurrection science, conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things, M.R. O'Connor
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Resurrection science, conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things, M.R. O'Connor
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
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non fiction
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Resurrection science
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bibliography
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M.R. O'Connor
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conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things
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"A tour of current advances in biology and ethics demonstrates how humans are increasingly in control of evolution, exploring how as the scientific community endeavors to save near-extinct species, the creatures being saved become less wild and more dependent,"--Novelist
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An ark of toads: Nectophrynoides asperginis -- Tracking chimeras in the Fakahatchee Strand: Puma concolor coryi -- Exuberant evolution in a desert fish: Cyprindon tularoa -- Mysteries of the whale called 1334: Eubalaena glacialis -- Freezing crows: Corvus hawaiiensis -- Metaphysical rhinos: Ceratotherium simum cottoni -- Regenesis of the passenger pigeon: Neo-Ectopistes migratorius -- Nice to meet you, Neanderthal: Homo neanderthalensis -- Coda. Ultima Thule: ends of the earth
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