Jackals appeared and established themselves in Africa in at least the last five million years. These animals have evolved and adapted to the changing environment, allowing them to survive.
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The Tasmanian tiger’s superficial appearance was so similar to a wolf’s that European colonisers assumed it was a threat and hunted it to extinction.
Arctic foxes have a few special talents that help them sneak up on unseen prey and pounce.
Our research shows dire wolves lived in the tropics not the Arctic, and were not especially close relatives of the grey wolf.
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
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Curator of Cenozoic Palaeontology, Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa; Honorary Research associate Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Research Associate in Department of Fish, Wildlfe, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
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Research Fellow, Archaeology, Durham University
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Professor of Palaeogenomics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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Research Professor, Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)
