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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
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3.93 avg rating — 1,022 ratings
score: 396,
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Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
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Britt Wray (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 294 ratings
score: 298,
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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures
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Ben Mezrich (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
score: 297,
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Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things
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M.R. O'Connor (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 389 ratings
score: 199,
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Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts
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Emily Anthes (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
score: 195,
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Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction
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4.04 avg rating — 214 ratings
score: 192,
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Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves
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3.79 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
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How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution
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3.76 avg rating — 1,391 ratings
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Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food
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3.89 avg rating — 629 ratings
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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4.13 avg rating — 6,425 ratings
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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto
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4.11 avg rating — 1,319 ratings
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Summary & Study Guide - A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
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Lee Tang (Goodreads Author)
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Once & Future Giants: What Ice Age Extinctions Tell Us About the Fate of Earth's Largest Animals
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3.97 avg rating — 211 ratings
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de-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life
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Rebecca E. Hirsch (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 97,
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