18000 Year Old Wolf/Dog Found In Siberian Permafrost (Twitter Thread)

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Nov 22, 2019 10:00 AM EST

Currently, Scientists at the Centre for Paleogenetics, in Stockholm, Sweden, are currently doing DNA-analysis to find out whether it is a wolf, a dog, or possibly a common ancestor.

But one thing they do know for sure is that it was a very good boy. 

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    Text - Centre for Palaeogenetics @CpgSthlm @Nibbledtodeath is working on this specimen together with @pontus skoglund. It's 18 kyrs old! So far, we have sequenced it's genome to 2X coverage. But we still can't say if it's a #wolf or a #dog. Maybe it's the common ancestor? More sequencing needed! (Photo: S Fedorov)
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics
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    Dog
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics / (Photo: S Fedorov)
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    Snout - Centre for Palaeogenetics @CpgSthlm Replying to @CpgSthim @Nibbledtodeath and @pontus skoglund A close-up 2:06 PM Nov 18, 2019 Twitter Web App
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics / (Photo: S Fedorov)
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    Text - Paul Rauber @paulrauber Replying to @CpgSthlm @Nibbledtodeath and @pontus skoglund Clearly it's a VERY GOOD BOY! 12:45 AM Nov 20, 2019 TweetDeck
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics
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    Organism - Robert Fingleton @RobertFingleton Replying to@CpgSthlm @theAliceRoberts and 2 others Have you ruled out it being a Rodent of Unusual Size (from The Princess Bride)? GIF 1:32 PM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter for Android
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics
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    Text - Ryan McG @WriteGodDammit Replying to@CpgSthlm @Nibbledtodeath and @pontus skoglund While you're at it, could you please look into whether it was a good boy? 9:53 AM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter for Android 3 Retweets 118 Likes Benjamin de Rooij @benjiderooij 20h DRANA Replying to @WriteGodDammit @CpgSthlm and 2 others They're all good boys 1 56 Chris Stantis, PhD @ChrisStantis 17 Article Submission to Nature Title: Was this 18kya canid a good boy? A paleoanthropological investigation. Abstract: Y
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics
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    Text - Bloke @Pantagoon Replying to@CpgSthim @Nibbledtodeath and @pontus skoglund Is that 18,000 dog years or human? 2:14 PM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter Web App
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics
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    Cartoon - Louis @benzinhodf Replying to@CpgSthim @gavinmit and 2 others Finally, Seymour has been found! 1:44 PM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter for Android
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics
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    Text - InOrOut @Undetermined US Replying to @Cpg Sthim @Nibbledtodeath and @pontus_skoglund Is it at room temperature? 9:37 AM Nov 19, 2019 Twitter Web App 2 Likes t Symbolics Ideas @Symbo1ics 13h Replying to @Undetermined US @Cpg Sthlm and 2 others LISP & that is somebody's bedroom I have... questions O 1 3
    via Centre for Palaeogenetics

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