“Not necessarily,” answered Grenville, “Packs mix by marriage, it is quite possible that all the samples are from one pack but the female came and married into the male’s pack from her own.”
“Are you absolutely sure about the Dire wolf DNA match, what did you have to compare your sample to?”
“Well,” replied Sarah, “The species was first excavated in 1894 and a large collection of fossils were found in Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in the 1990’s. The last discovery was made in China in 2020, these bones were preserved enough for forensic scientists to extract a DNA sample and the findings were entered onto an international database, free to anyone in the scientific field to access and compare.”
Everyone nodded as they digested the information.
“Is there any way we can tell what pack was involved from these samples, do we have a database of wolf DNA?” asked Vallance of the Defence Council.
Again Grenville from Sentinel answered,
