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Who recommended it

1. 

   Beth Shapiro American evolutionary molecular biologist (born 1976)

   Explicit recommendation

   One of five picks in the 2015 Five Books interview “The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction”.

   The best books on Extinction and De-Extinction↗ Interviewfivebooks.com Five Books · 1 Jun 2015 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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