Shown here are two of three wolves genetically edited by scientists to have traits of a dire wolf, a prehistoric animal that went extinct about 12,500 years ago.
Mandatory Credit:	Colossal Biosciences via CNN Newsource

Shown here are two of three wolves genetically edited by scientists to have traits of a dire wolf, a prehistoric animal that went extinct about 12,500 years ago.
Mandatory Credit: Colossal Biosciences via CNN Newsource

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Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.