Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Palaeo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog popul...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 2024-06-02T08:00:24+00:00 Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic Ameen, Carly Feuerborn, Tatiana R. Brown, Sarah K. Linderholm, Anna Hulme-Beaman, Ardern Lebrasseur, Ophélie Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. Lounsberry, Zachary T. Lin, Audrey T. Appelt, Martin Bachmann, Lutz Betts, Matthew Britton, Kate Darwent, John Dietz, Rune Fredholm, Merete Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Goriunova, Olga I. Grønnow, Bjarne Haile, James Hallsson, Jón Hallsteinn Harrison, Ramona Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Knecht, Rick Losey, Robert J. Masson-MacLean, Edouard McGovern, Thomas H. McManus-Fry, Ellen Meldgaard, Morten Midtdal, Åslaug Moss, Madonna L. Nikitin, Iurii G. Nomokonova, Tatiana Pálsdóttir, Albína Hulda Perri, Angela Popov, Aleksandr N. Rankin, Lisa Reuther, Joshua D. Sablin, Mikhail Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Shirar, Scott Smiarowski, Konrad Sonne, Christian Stiner, Mary C. Vasyukov, Mitya West, Catherine F. Ween, Gro Birgit Wennerberg, Sanne Eline Wiig, Øystein Woollett, James H2020 European Research Council Wellcome Trust Division of Polar Programs Natural Environment Research Council Arts and Humanities Research Council H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ITN ArchSci2020 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 286, issue 1916, page 20191929 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2019 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 2024-05-07T14:16:26Z Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Palaeo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Palaeo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a secondary pre-contact migration of dogs distinct from Palaeo-Inuit dogs, and probably aided the Inuit expansion across the North American Arctic beginning around 1000 BP. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Alaska Siberia The Royal Society Arctic Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 1916 20191929 |
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Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Palaeo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental elements from a total of 922 North American Arctic dogs and wolves spanning over 4500 years. Our analyses revealed that dogs from Inuit sites dating from 2000 BP possess morphological and genetic signatures that distinguish them from earlier Palaeo-Inuit dogs, and identified a novel mitochondrial clade in eastern Siberia and Alaska. The genetic legacy of these Inuit dogs survives today in modern Arctic sledge dogs despite phenotypic differences between archaeological and modern Arctic dogs. Together, our data reveal that Inuit dogs derive from a secondary pre-contact migration of dogs distinct from Palaeo-Inuit dogs, and probably aided the Inuit expansion across the North American Arctic beginning around 1000 BP. |
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Ameen, Carly Feuerborn, Tatiana R. Brown, Sarah K. Linderholm, Anna Hulme-Beaman, Ardern Lebrasseur, Ophélie Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. Lounsberry, Zachary T. Lin, Audrey T. Appelt, Martin Bachmann, Lutz Betts, Matthew Britton, Kate Darwent, John Dietz, Rune Fredholm, Merete Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Goriunova, Olga I. Grønnow, Bjarne Haile, James Hallsson, Jón Hallsteinn Harrison, Ramona Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Knecht, Rick Losey, Robert J. Masson-MacLean, Edouard McGovern, Thomas H. McManus-Fry, Ellen Meldgaard, Morten Midtdal, Åslaug Moss, Madonna L. Nikitin, Iurii G. Nomokonova, Tatiana Pálsdóttir, Albína Hulda Perri, Angela Popov, Aleksandr N. Rankin, Lisa Reuther, Joshua D. Sablin, Mikhail Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Shirar, Scott Smiarowski, Konrad Sonne, Christian Stiner, Mary C. Vasyukov, Mitya West, Catherine F. Ween, Gro Birgit Wennerberg, Sanne Eline Wiig, Øystein Woollett, James |
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Ameen, Carly Feuerborn, Tatiana R. Brown, Sarah K. Linderholm, Anna Hulme-Beaman, Ardern Lebrasseur, Ophélie Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. Lounsberry, Zachary T. Lin, Audrey T. Appelt, Martin Bachmann, Lutz Betts, Matthew Britton, Kate Darwent, John Dietz, Rune Fredholm, Merete Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Goriunova, Olga I. Grønnow, Bjarne Haile, James Hallsson, Jón Hallsteinn Harrison, Ramona Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Knecht, Rick Losey, Robert J. Masson-MacLean, Edouard McGovern, Thomas H. McManus-Fry, Ellen Meldgaard, Morten Midtdal, Åslaug Moss, Madonna L. Nikitin, Iurii G. Nomokonova, Tatiana Pálsdóttir, Albína Hulda Perri, Angela Popov, Aleksandr N. Rankin, Lisa Reuther, Joshua D. Sablin, Mikhail Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Shirar, Scott Smiarowski, Konrad Sonne, Christian Stiner, Mary C. Vasyukov, Mitya West, Catherine F. Ween, Gro Birgit Wennerberg, Sanne Eline Wiig, Øystein Woollett, James Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic |
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Ameen, Carly Feuerborn, Tatiana R. Brown, Sarah K. Linderholm, Anna Hulme-Beaman, Ardern Lebrasseur, Ophélie Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. Lounsberry, Zachary T. Lin, Audrey T. Appelt, Martin Bachmann, Lutz Betts, Matthew Britton, Kate Darwent, John Dietz, Rune Fredholm, Merete Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Goriunova, Olga I. Grønnow, Bjarne Haile, James Hallsson, Jón Hallsteinn Harrison, Ramona Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Knecht, Rick Losey, Robert J. Masson-MacLean, Edouard McGovern, Thomas H. McManus-Fry, Ellen Meldgaard, Morten Midtdal, Åslaug Moss, Madonna L. Nikitin, Iurii G. Nomokonova, Tatiana Pálsdóttir, Albína Hulda Perri, Angela Popov, Aleksandr N. Rankin, Lisa Reuther, Joshua D. Sablin, Mikhail Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth Shirar, Scott Smiarowski, Konrad Sonne, Christian Stiner, Mary C. Vasyukov, Mitya West, Catherine F. Ween, Gro Birgit Wennerberg, Sanne Eline Wiig, Øystein Woollett, James |
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Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic |
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Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic |
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Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic |
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Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic |
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Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic |
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specialized sledge dogs accompanied inuit dispersal across the north american arctic |
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Arctic inuit Alaska Siberia |
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