Beth Shapiro

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist and pioneer in ancient DNA research, addresses this intriguing question by walking readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen...

Life as We Made It by Beth Shapiro introduces us to a future of virus-free mosquitoes, resurrected dinosaurs, and designer humans—stunning possibilities afforded by the science of tomorrow. However, the notion that our manipulation of the natural world is a recent phenomenon is misleading. Humans have been intervening in nature since the last ice age. The difference now is our...

From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs – the human history of remaking nature. Virus-free mosquitoes, resurrected dinosaurs, designer humans – such is the power of the science of tomorrow. But this idea that we have only recently begun to manipulate the natural world is false. We’ve been meddling with nature since the last ice age....