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Dire Wolves Split from Living Canids 5.7 Million Years Ago: Study | Genetics, Paleontology – Sci-News.com
To reconstruct the evolutionary history of dire wolves, an international team of genetic researchers sequenced five genomes from the fossilized remains dating from…
Dire wolves (Canis dirus) are considered to be one of the most common and widespread large carnivores in Pleistocene America, yet relatively little is known about their evolution or extinction. Previous analyses, based on morphology alone, had led scientists to believe that these long-extinct canids were closely related to modern gray wolves (Canis lupus). To reconstruct the evolutionary history of dire wolves, an international team of genetic researchers sequenced five genomes from the fossilized…
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