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Dire wolves are back from extinction. Here's how.

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Scientists have successfully produced three dire wolf pups after reconstructing the wolf 's genome from ancient DNA.

They used DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull to create dire wolf cells.

They inserted the DNA into denucleated gray wolf egg cells and allowed them to mature in the lab.

Three embryos successfully implanted in three surrogate dogs, leading to the births of snowy white pups.

The announcement comes just months after Colossal unveiled genetically engineered "woolly mice", which have fur similar to the thick hair of woolly mammoths .

This is a major milestone in the company's project to bring back these ice age titans by 2028 .

When he isn't writing news, Patrick investigates the sale of human remains.

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