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I think it's ethical, but I hate that it's fake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf#DNA_evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf#DNA_evidence Look
by Ericson2314 2y ago
I think it's ethical, but I hate that it's fake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf#DNA_evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf#DNA_evidence Look at this caldogram and text
> The sequences indicate the dire wolf to be a highly divergent lineage which last shared a most recent common ancestor with the wolf-like canines 5.7 million years ago. The study also measured numerous dire wolf and gray wolf skeletal samples that showed their morphologies to be highly similar, which had led to the theory that the dire wolf and the gray wolf had a close evolutionary relationship. The morphological similarity between dire wolves and gray wolves was concluded to be due to convergent evolution. Members of the wolf-like canines are known to hybridize with each other but the study could find no indication of genetic admixture from the five dire wolf samples with extant North American gray wolves and coyotes nor their common ancestor. This finding indicates that the wolf and coyote lineages evolved in isolation from the dire wolf lineage.
There are a lot of extant species that are as closely related as the wolf. Cheating based on phenotype sucks. We want real genetic diversity!
Best case, the female wolves they just just made are suitable mothers for the next round of hybrids, so they converge over time.
- Ericson2314 2y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/science/colossal-dire-wolf-deextinction.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/science/colossal-dire-wol... This however disagreed with Wikipedia, and said there was some inbreeding. That helps make this less fake.
- LordDragonfang 2y agoDo you mean "interbreeding?" If so, I'd like to see the actual source for that claim.
- Ericson2314 2y agoYes I do mean interbreeding. The rest of the NYT article ought to cite the source. I can no longer read it so you better check yourself.
- LordDragonfang 2y agoTHe reason I asked is because I have just read several articles in more scientific sources linked here asserting that the latest genetic evidence suggests there was no interbreeding, because wolves and dires were so genetically distant.
- Ericson2314 2y agoWell, then Wikipedia 1, NYT 0, lol. I believe it!
- nailer 2y agoWikipedia does not have an opinion, and is not a source according to Wikipedia. Always use the sources the Wikipedia users to cite anything. If Wikipedia does not have a reference, don’t cite it.
- Ericson2314 2y agoI don't personally follow the reference and won't pretend otherwise != Wikipedia didn't cite anything. Anyone can go and read the article themselves and decide if this text is credible.
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