‘Life as We Made It’ Review: Our Artificial Reality

Human minds and human tools don’t just reshape the physical world, but the very evolution of other creatures.

Plains with a bison in the foreground and mountains in the background.
Due to human manipulation, many of today’s American bison have genes derived from cattle—and are highly inbred (Photo: Getty Images).

Adrian Woolfson | Wall Street Journal | November 3, 2021

When the first European settlers arrived in America, huge flocks of wild passenger pigeons were observed in the skies.

Read Adrian Woolfson’s review of ‘Life as We Made It’ in the WSJ.

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