Episode #90 Julie Meachen - Pleistocene Wolves and Dire Wolves

Julie Meachen is an Associate Professor of Anatomy, Vertebrate Paleontologist and Functional Morphologist at Des Moines University. She is the Lead Investigator at the Natural Trap Cave and has been excavating Pleistocene mammals from Rancho La Brea since 2003. We discussed her research and findings about gray wolves and dire wolves from the Pleistocene Era, along with studies on other Pleistocene mammals and the mummified gray wolf puppy Zhur from the Yukon. Wolves in Natural Trap CaveDire Wolf DNAMummified Pleistocene Gray Wolf Puppy (Zhur)@thewolfconnectionpod