The re-origin of species : a second chance for extinct animals /
From the Siberian permafrost to balmy California, scientists across the globe are working to resurrect all kinds of extinct animals, from ones that just left us to those that have been gone for many thousands of years. Their tools in this hunt are both fossils and cutting-edge genetic technologies....
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | From the Siberian permafrost to balmy California, scientists across the globe are working to resurrect all kinds of extinct animals, from ones that just left us to those that have been gone for many thousands of years. Their tools in this hunt are both fossils and cutting-edge genetic technologies. Some of these scientists are driven by sheer curiosity. Others view the lost species as a powerful weapon in the fight to preserve rapidly changing ecosystems. It seems certain that these animals will walk the earth again, but what world will that give us? And is any of this a good idea? Science journalist Torill Kornfeldt travelled the world to meet the men and women working to bring these animals back from the dead. Along the way, she has seen the mammoth that has been frozen for 20,000 years, and visited the places where these furry giants will live again. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: 'Mammutens återkomst'. First published: Sweden : Fri Tanke Förlag, 2016. |
| Physical Description: | 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781947534360 194753436X 9781925713060 9781911617228 1911617222 1925713067 |