Evolution Soup

Dire Wolves DNA Secrets ~ with ANGELA PERRI

April 06, 2021 ANGELA PERRI @arperri​ Season 4 Episode 2
Evolution Soup
Dire Wolves DNA Secrets ~ with ANGELA PERRI
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Were the Dire Wolves seen on Game of Thrones simply myth?

ANGELA PERRI BA (Hons), PhD is an archaeologist based at Durham University, UK. Her research focuses on the nature of human-environmental interactions by analyzing early relationships between humans, animals, climate, and landscapes.

MARK from Evolution Soup discusses the reality of Dire Wolves - real carnivores that lived in the Americas from 250,000 years ago. How big were they? What canids were they related to? And what does a recent DNA study reveal about these fascinating extinct creatures? The answers may surprise you!

#GOT#wolf#direwolf

LINKS FOR ANGELA PERRI:

Website: Durham Uni Profile https://bit.ly/3hXiNZU

Twitter https://twitter.com/arperri

Durham University: https://www.dur.ac.uk/

Paleo Barn: Palaeo-Barn, the home of the Wellcome Trust Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network at Oxford University. https://www.palaeobarn.com/

La Brea Tarpits Museum: https://tarpits.org/


David Ian Howe & Ethnocynology: @ethnocynology / https://www.davidianhowe.com/ethnocyn...


DIRE WOLF ART:

Sergio De la Rosa
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Has interest in Dire Wolves has skyrocketed since the debut of Game of Thrones?
Can you tell us about your background?
What can you tell us about the Dire Wolf’s ancestry and how it came to be in the Americas.
Tell us about the Dire Wolf’s appearance.
What animals were its main competitors?
Why so many Dire Wolves trapped in the La Brea tarpit?
Could it have hunted some of the massive megafauna of the time, such as mammoths?
Could some of them have been domesticated?
What has the DNA revealed about the Dire Wolf?
Is there any evidence of interbreeding with Grey Wolves or Coyote?
Why did they go extinct?