The Dire Wolf In Context Of The Evolution and Diversity of Canidae.

Who was the Dire wolf?

Early this year a genetic analysis of ancient DNA of the North American prehistoric wolf - dire wolf, concluded that it was not at all related to the modern gray wolf as previously assumed.

In this video I cover the diversity and evolution of the dogs and attempt to contextualise the Dire wolf. If it wasn't related to the modern grey wolf, were does he stand amongst the Canidae?

Was the Dire wolf a South American maned wolf, a giant fox, a jackal or something all together different?

Thank you and Enjoy.

Sergei Merjeevski.

[diloraptor]

Probably one of the best vids on canid evolution. Really great stuff Sergei

[YoA]

Great stuff !
Now it is totally left to our imagination what these guys looked like, type of coat, colors, social structure...
The take of Mauricio Anton is cool !

[oldcremona]

I’m a regular watcher now. Keep the great videos coming!

[lucaprodan]

Amazing material! Keep up the great job!

[adityasrinathfightsdaleks]

Your biogeography maps and phylogenetic tree chart were extensive but impeccable visuals for canid evolution+dispersal trends. Hyped for this video Sergei, keep em coming! 💯

[joesventures]

Awesome stuff, i remember seeing a talk on this paper all they way back in 2019 and so exicted to see people rethinking this animal, Great video

[Xtragams]

talk about the Gorgonopsia, they have some really cool skulls

[cristianorochamoura]

Excellent videos! Congratulations! (From Brasil)

[OGfr]

Will there be a borophagine episode soon with aelurodon borophagus and epicyon? Also I noticed u have a xenosmilus skull somewhere in the background do u plan on making a video on it soon?

[eliletts]

Thank you for this video! It really helped me understand what canids evoloved when!

I know this may sound a bit off topic, but were does Xenocyon fit into all of this?

[mhdfrb]

Hey can you talk about the bone crushing dogs?

[mark-zuberrodrigues]

Can you even determine the ice age wolf or the steppe wolf with Grey wolves ?

[vincentx]

I thought the article suggests it evolved in North America or did I miss a related study?

[zerowolf]

Fun fact but the mackenzie valley wolf skull can also go up to 12 inches!! There very similar except these wolves can weigh up to 175 some scientists believe they can get much bigger!

[jamesaron]

Dire wolf not a wolf, fascinating. Wonder how it looked like?

[tyrannotherium]

Very interesting that it’s not a wolf at all

[jaydenlee]

The dire wolf is more like an american jackal than a giant american wolf. Just like that american lions were used to be naegele's giant jaguar at 1st and they confirmend to be a lion and made the american lion more popular than the name of naegele's giant jaguar.

[Smilodon_ex]

Cool part is dire wolf wasn’t a wolf it was actually it’s own species