Dire Wolves Reborn?
You might have seen headlines declaring that dire wolves are back from their 12,5000 year extinction with three puppies that have been engineered from modern grey wolf DNA. It’s an exciting concept, but what has truly happened is far more complex (and, in many ways, more uncertain) than the term “de-extinction” implies.
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Living DNA previews at New Scientist Live, London
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Europe's earliest farmers were direct descendants of Neolithic Aegeans
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Ancient DNA study shows the first Australians were Aboriginal
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Recent study of modern DNA reveals half of western European men descend from a single man
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