Per usual, traditional media sucks at reporting on science. No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction after 10,000 years. Here's a good explainer on what actually happened.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/
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