Palaeoproteomic analyses of dog palaeofaeces reveal a preserved dietary and host digestive proteome

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Runge, Anne Kathrine W., Hendy, Jessica, Richter, Kristine K., Masson-MacLean, Edouard, Britton, Kate, MacKie, Meaghan, McGrath, Krista, Collins, Matthew, Cappellini, Enrico, Speller, Camilla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: archaeology; dogs; Nunalleq Alaska; palaeofaeces; palaeoproteomics; zooms; Arctic; Pacific; Sockeye; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/palaeoproteomic-analyses-of-dog-palaeofaeces-reveal-a-preserved-dietary-and-host-digestive-proteome(77c8d09e-6253-4c04-a777-2c89938de85a).html; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0020; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/275826280/rspb.2021.0020.pdf

The domestic dog has inhabited the anthropogenic niche for at least 15 000 years, but despite their impact on human strategies, the lives of dogs and their interactions with humans have only recently become a subject of interest to archaeologists. In the Arctic, dogs rely exclusively on humans for f...