- Researchers analyze genomes for dire wolves (Canis dirus), find that rather than sharing close genetic ties with the gray wolf (Canis lupus), as was expected from their resemblance, the dire wolves were evolutionarily distant cousins, long isolated in the Americas. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2021/01/dire-wolf-dna-study-reveals-surprises/ 4 comments science
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