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Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things / M.R. O'Connor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connor, M. R., 1982-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animal diversity conservation--Anecdotes.
- Animal diversity conservation.
- Animal diversity conservation--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Endangered species--Anecdotes.
- Endangered species.
- Wildlife conservationists--Anecdotes.
- Wildlife conservationists.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 266 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.
- ISBN:
- 113727929X
- 9781137279293
- OCLC:
- 913889797
- Publisher Number:
- 99964650321
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