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No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction | newscientist.com (www.newscientist.com)
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Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

But to be fair, article author Michael Le Page isn't really human, he's just an australopithecus with a whole bunch of extra human traits.