Rise and fall of the Beringian steppe bison
Copyright © 2004 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science The widespread extinctions of large mammals at the end of the Pleistocene epoch have often been attributed to the depredations of humans; here we present genetic evidence that questions this assumption. We used ancient DNA a...
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ftunivadelaidedl:oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/34232 2023-05-15T18:48:58+02:00 Rise and fall of the Beringian steppe bison Shapiro, B. Drummond, A. Rambaut, A. Wilson, M. Matheus, P. Sher, A. Pybus, O. Gilbert, M. Barnes, I. Binladen, J. Willerslev, E. Hansen, A. Baryshnikov, G. Burns, J. Davydov, S. Driver, J. Froese, D. Harington, C. Keddie, G. Kosintsev, P. 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/34232 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1101074 en eng Amer Assoc Advancement Science Science, 2004; 306(5701):1561-1565 0036-8075 1095-9203 http://hdl.handle.net/2440/34232 doi:10.1126/science.1101074 Cooper, A. [0000-0002-7738-7851] http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/306/5701/1561 Animals Bison Humans DNA Mitochondrial Bayes Theorem Sequence Analysis Genetics Population Environment Climate Population Dynamics Phylogeny Time Fossils Human Activities North America Canada Alaska China Genetic Variation Journal article 2004 ftunivadelaidedl https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1101074 2023-02-05T19:34:13Z Copyright © 2004 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science The widespread extinctions of large mammals at the end of the Pleistocene epoch have often been attributed to the depredations of humans; here we present genetic evidence that questions this assumption. We used ancient DNA and Bayesian techniques to reconstruct a detailed genetic history of bison throughout the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. Our analyses depict a large diverse population living throughout Beringia until around 37,000 years before the present, when the population's genetic diversity began to decline dramatically. The timing of this decline correlates with environmental changes associated with the onset of the last glacial cycle, whereas archaeological evidence does not support the presence of large populations of humans in Eastern Beringia until more than 15,000 years later. Beth Shapiro, Alexei J. Drummond, Andrew Rambaut, Michael C. Wilson, Paul E. Matheus, Andrei V. Sher, Oliver G. Pybus, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Ian Barnes, Jonas Binladen, Eske Willerslev, Anders J. Hansen, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, James A. Burns, Sergei Davydov, Jonathan C. Driver, Duane G. Froese, C. Richard Harington, Grant Keddie, Pavel Kosintsev, Michael L. Kunz, Larry D. Martin, Robert O. Stephenson, John Storer, Richard Tedford, Sergei Zimov, and Alan Cooper Article in Journal/Newspaper Alaska Beringia The University of Adelaide: Digital Library Canada Davydov ENVELOPE(154.750,154.750,-68.650,-68.650) Stephenson ENVELOPE(-69.133,-69.133,-72.133,-72.133) Science 306 5701 1561 1565 |
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Copyright © 2004 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science The widespread extinctions of large mammals at the end of the Pleistocene epoch have often been attributed to the depredations of humans; here we present genetic evidence that questions this assumption. We used ancient DNA and Bayesian techniques to reconstruct a detailed genetic history of bison throughout the late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. Our analyses depict a large diverse population living throughout Beringia until around 37,000 years before the present, when the population's genetic diversity began to decline dramatically. The timing of this decline correlates with environmental changes associated with the onset of the last glacial cycle, whereas archaeological evidence does not support the presence of large populations of humans in Eastern Beringia until more than 15,000 years later. Beth Shapiro, Alexei J. Drummond, Andrew Rambaut, Michael C. Wilson, Paul E. Matheus, Andrei V. Sher, Oliver G. Pybus, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Ian Barnes, Jonas Binladen, Eske Willerslev, Anders J. Hansen, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, James A. Burns, Sergei Davydov, Jonathan C. Driver, Duane G. Froese, C. Richard Harington, Grant Keddie, Pavel Kosintsev, Michael L. Kunz, Larry D. Martin, Robert O. Stephenson, John Storer, Richard Tedford, Sergei Zimov, and Alan Cooper |
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Shapiro, B. Drummond, A. Rambaut, A. Wilson, M. Matheus, P. Sher, A. Pybus, O. Gilbert, M. Barnes, I. Binladen, J. Willerslev, E. Hansen, A. Baryshnikov, G. Burns, J. Davydov, S. Driver, J. Froese, D. Harington, C. Keddie, G. Kosintsev, P. |
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