Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering and the Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene 1st Edition

Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering and the Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198874522,0198874529,9780198874539, 0198874537

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0198874537
• ISBN-13: 9780198874539
• Author: Asher D. Cutter

The Anthropocene defines the here-and-now time period on Earth of indelible (and possibly irreversible) human disturbance to the natural world, from habitat destruction and mass extinction to global climate change. To ameliorate and repair the damage that threatens the world’s dwindling resources and our very existence, humanity is enacting massive interventions to fuse modern technologies with long established natural processes. Advances in genetic engineering have put us on the cusp of directly shaping the DNA of every living organism (including ourselves), as well as determining the evolution of completely novel species. The author invites the reader to explore how humans have manipulated the ancient forces of evolution and the future possibilities of genetic engineering for conservation and rewilding, de-extinction, and even the creation of viable populations of entirely new species. To entertain such possibilities of synthetic biology, he forces us to wrestle with the threats and ethical conundrums that surround the unintended consequences, as well as the values that humanity places on authenticity in nature. In so doing, this accessible and thought-provoking book explores the potential future of life on planet Earth.

Table contents:

1 Nature in the raw, and cooked

2 Selection, naturally and otherwise

3 Ancient forces

4 Evolution’s racetracks

5 Evolutionary accelerants and speed bumps

6 Hijacking genetics

8 On the origin of species

9 Do-it-yourself speciation

10 Ongoing evolutionary outcomes

11 How to evolve a dragon

12 Evolutionary engineering in the flesh

13 Nature, rewilded

14 When nature comes to call

15 Inspection by the department of health, safety, and ethics

16 When we become dragons

17 A midnight coterie of transcendent fauna

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