A pet dog doesn’t have to be hungry to enjoy chewing on a bone. Perhaps dire wolves did enjoy a “glorious paradise” 15,000 years ago. Without other predators to chase them away from a kill, they had more leisure time to hang about and chew the bone.

Matt Fenske
Spokane, Wash.

From 15,000 to 12,000 years ago is at least 150 dire wolf generations.