![]() ![]() ![]() Through interviews with these and other thought leaders, Wray reveals the many incredible opportunities for research and conservation made possible by this emerging new field.īut we also hear from more cautionary voices, like those of researcher and award-winning author Beth Shapiro ( How to Clone a Woolly Mammoth) and environmental philosopher Thomas van Dooren. She speaks with Nikita Zimov, who together with his eclectic father Sergey, is creating Siberia’s Pleistocene Park-a daring attempt to rebuild the mammoth’s ancient ecosystem in order to save earth from climate disaster. She introduces us to renowned futurists like Stewart Brand and scientists like George Church, who are harnessing the powers of CRISPR gene editing in the hopes of “reviving” extinct passenger pigeons, woolly mammoths, and heath hens. In Rise of the Necrofauna, Wray takes us deep into the minds and labs of some of the world’s most progressive thinkers to find out. What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth-fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? Jurassic Park meets The Sixth Extinction in Rise of the Necrofauna, a provocative look at de-extinction from acclaimed documentarist and science writer Britt Wray, PhD. ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by The New Yorker and Science News ![]()
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