US EditionThe de-extinct dire wolves are neither de-extinct, nor dire wolves. Discuss.
- Colossal Biosciences introduced three gray wolf pups, with edited genes, that they claim resemble extinct dire wolves.
- The company modified the wolves to physically resemble dire wolves, which diverged from gray wolves millions of years ago.
- Scientists extracted DNA from dire wolf fossils and then they made 20 gene edits to gray wolf embryos.
- Colossal's CEO, Ben Lamm, asserted they have "made healthy dire wolf puppies," but Rawlence stated they only created wolves with similar traits.
- Experts argue that these are essentially edited gray wolves, not resurrected dire wolves, raising ethical and scientific questions.
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The de-extinct dire wolves are neither de-extinct, nor dire wolves. Discuss.
Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.
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