The 2018 movie Alpha is an interesting exploration of life in the last ice age and the lasting bond between humans and their canine companions. The adventure movie follows a young man named Keda who decides to join his father's hunting trip for the first time, only to find it much more dangerous than he expected. When Keda falls off a cliff during a steppe bison stampede, his father believes him to be dead, forcing Keda to make the heroic journey home all alone, save for a wolf he names Alpha.