Life Changing: Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation

by Helen Pilcher

Book Overview

In this post-natural history guide, Helen Pilcher invites us to meet key species that have been sculpted by humanity.

We are now living through the post-natural phase, where the fate of all living things is irrevocably intertwined with our own. We domesticated animals to suit our needs, and altered their DNA--wolves became dogs to help us hunt, junglefowl became chickens to provide us with eggs, wildebeest were transformed through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472956710
• ISBN13: 9781472956712
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.6"