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Bet Shapiro - spet͡sialist v oblasti ėkologii i ėvoli͡ut͡sionnoĭ biologii, zanimai͡ushchiĭsi͡a izucheniem DNK vymershikh organizmov. V knige "Zhiznʹ, kotorui͡u my sozdali" Shapiro rasskazyvaet, kak Homo sapiens vlii͡al na ėvoli͡ut͡sii͡u okruzhai͡ushchikh ego vidov na proti͡azhenii vseĭ istorii svoego sushchestvovanii͡a.V pervoĭ chasti knigi opisyvaetsi͡a, kak drevni͡ai͡a DNK svidetelʹstvuet o vozdeĭstvii cheloveka na okruzhai͡ushchui͡u sredu, v tom chisle ob ischeznovenii nekotorykh vidov i o prot͡sesse odomashnivanii͡a, kotoryĭ povlii͡al na ėvoli͡ut͡sii͡u i nashikh domashnikh zhivotnykh, i nas samikh. Vo vtoroĭ chasti knigi Shapiro rasskazyvaet o geneticheskoĭ modifikat͡sii selʹskokhozi͡aĭstvennykh kulʹtur i domashnego skota, a takzhe o shirokom obshchestvennom soprotivlenii, s kotorym stalkivai͡utsi͡a ėti praktiki. Shapiro staraetsi͡a razvei͡atʹ mify vokrug gennoĭ inzhenerii i pokazatʹ ee ochevidnui͡u polʹzu. Naprimer, ėta oblastʹ nauki daet nam vozmozhnostʹ vosstanovitʹ vidy, nakhodi͡ashchiesi͡a na grani ischeznovenii͡a, i borotʹsi͡a s vrediteli͡ami i perenoschikami bolezneĭ.

Beth Shapiro is a specialist in ecology and evolutionary biology who studies the DNA of extinct organisms. In the book “The Life We Created” Shapiro tells how Homo sapiens influenced the evolution of the species around him throughout the history of its existence.The first part of the book describes how ancient DNA testifies to the human impact on the environment, including the extinction of some species and the process of domestication, which influenced the evolution of both our pets and ourselves. In the second part of the book, Shapiro talks about the genetic modification of crops and livestock, as well as the broad public resistance that these practices face. Shapiro is trying to dispel the myths around genetic engineering and show its obvious benefits. For example, this field of science gives us the opportunity to restore species that are on the verge of extinction, and to fight pests and disease vectors.