{"id":1387,"date":"2015-10-31T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2015-10-31T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T18:56:25","slug":"review-resurrection-science-conservation-de-extinction-and-the-precarious-future-of-wild-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silk-serif.com\/?p=1387","title":{"rendered":"Review: Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>\"Review:Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things<\/strong> by M.R. O'Connor<\/a>
on September 15th 2015
Pages:<\/strong> 272
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**A Christian Science Monito<\/em>r Top Ten Book of September**<\/strong>
\nIn a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In Resurrection Science<\/em>, journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme measures scientists are taking to try and save them, from captive breeding and genetic management to de-extinction. Paradoxically, the more we intervene to save species, the less wild they often become. In stories of sixteenth-century galleon excavations, panther-tracking in Florida swamps, ancient African rainforests, Neanderthal tool-making, and cryogenic DNA banks, O'Connor investigates the philosophical questions of an age in which we \"play god\" with earth's biodiversity.
\nEach chapter in this beautifully written book focuses on a unique species--from the charismatic northern white rhinoceros to the infamous passenger pigeon--and the people entwined in the animals' fates. Incorporating natural history and evolutionary biology with conversations with eminent ethicists, O'Connor's narrative goes to the heart of the human enterprise: What should we preserve of wilderness as we hurtle toward a future in which technology is present in nearly every aspect of our lives? How can we co-exist with species when our existence and their survival appear to be pitted against one another?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>