Description In this post-natural history guide, Helen Pilcher invites us to meet key species that have been sculpted by humanity.
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 breeding into golden.
We are now living through the post-natural phase, where the fate of all living things is irrevocably intertwined with our own.
Description In this post-natural history guide, Helen Pilcher invites us to meet key species that have been sculpted by humanity