The First Dire Wolf Puppies in 10,000 years

Dire Solves Extinct for 10,000 years

Instead of using ancient DNA (which is too degraded), scientists used the modern gray wolf, which shares 99.5% of its DNA with the dire wolf. They used CRISPR (a revolutionary gene-editing technology adapted from bacterial immune systems) to edit 20 specific points across 14 genes to mimic the traits of an ancient dire wolf.