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To: ETL
more than 50,000 years old

Sure, because, even though the ice isn't 50,000 years old, these specimens are. Sure.

3 posted on 09/16/2018 12:56:53 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: aimhigh

It was radiocarbon-dated to 50k years.


4 posted on 09/16/2018 1:08:45 PM PDT by dinodino
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Evolution of the wolf

The evolution of the wolf occurred over a geologic time scale of at least 300 thousand years. The grey wolf Canis lupus is a highly adaptable species that is able to exist in a range of environments and which possesses a wide distribution across the Holarctic.

Studies of modern grey wolves have identified distinct sub-populations that live in close proximity to each other.[2][3] This variation in sub-populations is closely linked to differences in habitat - precipitation, temperature, vegetation, and prey specialization - which affect cranio-dental plasticity.[4][5][6][7]

The archaeological and paleontological records show grey wolf continuous presence for at least the last 300,000 years.[8] This continuous presence contrasts with genomic analyses, which suggest that all modern wolves and dogs descend from a common ancestral wolf population[9][10][11] that existed as recently as 20,000 years ago.[9]

These analyses indicate a population bottleneck, followed by a rapid radiation from an ancestral population at a time during, or just after, the Last Glacial Maximum. However, the geographic origin of this radiation is not known.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_wolf

5 posted on 09/16/2018 1:09:44 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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