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Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic

Authors :
Catherine F. West
James Haile
Åslaug Midtdal
Ramona Harrison
Anders J. Hansen
Martin Appelt
Ophélie Lebrasseur
Benjamin N. Sacks
James Woollett
Audrey T. Lin
Olga I. Goriunova
John Darwent
Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding
Lutz Bachmann
Morten Meldgaard
Rick Knecht
Matthew W. Betts
Kate Britton
Robert J. Losey
Rune Dietz
Laurent A. F. Frantz
Mitya Vasyukov
Ardern Hulme-Beaman
Love Dalén
Keith Dobney
M. Thomas P. Gilbert
Tatiana R. Feuerborn
Iurii G. Nikitin
Zachary T. Lounsberry
Scott Shirar
Mikhail Sablin
Christian Sonne
Konrad Smiarowski
Øystein Wiig
Shyam Gopalakrishnan
Mary C. Stiner
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Sarah K. Brown
Jón Hallsteinn Hallsson
Thomas H. McGovern
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Christyann M. Darwent
Merete Fredholm
Madonna L. Moss
Carly Ameen
Anna Linderholm
Sanne Eline Wennerberg
Bjarne Grønnow
Ellen McManus-Fry
Gro Birgit Ween
Anne Lisbeth Schmidt
Joshua D. Reuther
Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir
Greger Larson
Tatiana Nomokonova
Allowen Evin
Angela R. Perri
Aleksandr N. Popov
Lisa Rankin
Texas A&M University [College Station]
University of Oxford
Section for GeoGenetics
Globe Institute
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)
Department of Arctic Environment [Rockilde]
Aarhus University [Aarhus]-National Environmental Research Institute [Danmark] (NERI)
IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
Irkutsk State University (ISU)
Agricultural University of Iceland
University of Aberdeen
University of Alberta
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig]
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Zoological Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS)
Natural History Museum [Oslo]
University of Oslo (UiO)
Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
University of Oxford [Oxford]
University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)
IT University of Copenhagen
École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226
Source :
Proceedings of the Royal Society B : biological sciences, 2019, Vol.286(1916), pp.20191929 [Peer Reviewed Journal], Ameen, C, Feuerborn, T R, Brown, S K, Linderholm, A, Hulme-Beaman, A, Lebrasseur, O, Sinding, M H S, Lounsberry, Z T, Lin, A T, Appelt, M, Bachmann, L, Betts, M, Britton, K, Darwent, J, Dietz, R, Fredholm, M, Gopalakrishnan, S, Goriunova, O I, Grønnow, B, Haile, J, Hallsson, J H, Harrison, R, Heide-Jørgensen, M P, Knecht, R, Losey, R J, Masson-MacLean, E, McGovern, T H, McManus-Fry, E, Meldgaard, M, Midtdal, Å, Moss, M L, Nikitin, I G, Nomokonova, T, Pálsdóttir, A H, Perri, A, Popov, A N, Rankin, L, Reuther, J D, Sablin, M, Schmidt, A L, Shirar, S, Smiarowski, K, Sonne, C, Stiner, M C, Vasyukov, M, West, C F, Ween, G B, Wennerberg, S E, Wiig, Ø, Woollett, J, Dalén, L, Hansen, A J, P Gilbert, M T, Sacks, B N, Frantz, L, Larson, G, Dobney, K, Darwent, C M & Evin, A 2019, ' Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic ', Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, 20191929 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019, 286 (1916), pp.20191929. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2019.1929⟩, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2019, 286 (1916), pp.20191929. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2019.1929⟩, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol 286, iss 1916, Ardern Hulme-Beaman, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Zachary T. Lounsberry, Audrey T. Lin, Martin Appelt, Lutz Bachmann, Matthew Betts, Kate Britton, John Darwent, Rune Dietz, Merete Fredholm, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Olga I. Goriunova, Bjarne Grønnow, James Haile, Jón Hallsteinn Hallsson, Ramona Harrison, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Rick Knecht, Robert J. Losey, Edouard Masson-MacLean, Thomas H. McGovern, Ellen McManus-Fry, Morten Meldgaard, Åslaug Midtdal, Madonna L. Moss, Iurii G. Nikitin, Tatiana Nomokonova, Albína Hulda Pálsdóttir, Angela Perri, Aleksandr N. Popov, Lisa Rankin, Joshua D. Reuther, Mikhail Sablin, Anne Lisbeth Schmidt, Scott Shirar, Konrad Smiarowski, Christian Sonne, Mary C. Stiner, Mitya Vasyukov, Catherine F. West, Gro Birgit Ween, Sanne Eline Wennerberg, Øystein Wiig, James Woollett, Love Dalén, Anders J. Hansen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Benjamin N. Sacks, Laurent Frantz, Greger Larson, Keith Dobney, Christyann M. Darwent, Allowen Evin, Grønnow, B, Allowen, E, Schmidt, A L & Appelt, M 2019, ' Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic ', Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, 20191929 . < http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 >, Ameen, C, Feuerborn, T R, Brown, S K, Linderholm, A, Hulme-Beaman, A, Lebrasseur, O, Sinding, M-H S, Lounsberry, Z T, Lin, A T, Appelt, M, Bachmann, L, Betts, M, Britton, K, Darwent, J, Dietz, R, Fredholm, M, Gopalakrishnan, S, Goriunova, O I, Grønnow, B, Haile, J, Hallsson, J H, Harrison, R, Heide-Jørgensen, M P, Knecht, R, Losey, R J, Masson-MacLean, E, McGovern, T H, McManus-Fry, E, Meldgaard, M, Midtdal, Å, Moss, M L, Nikitin, I G, Nomokonova, T, Pálsdóttir, A H, Perri, A, Popov, A N, Rankin, L, Reuther, J D, Sablin, M, Schmidt, A L, Shirar, S, Smiarowski, K, Sonne, C, Stiner, M C, Vasyukov, M, West, C F, Ween, G B, Wennerberg, S E, Wiig, Ø, Woollett, J, Dalén, L, Hansen, A J, P Gilbert, M T, Sacks, B N, Frantz, L, Larson, G, Dobney, K, Darwent, C M & Evin, A 2019, ' Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic ', Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, pp. 20191929 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929, Proceedings. Biological sciences
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
The Royal Society, 2019.

Abstract

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. 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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ISSN :
09628452 and 14712954
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proceedings of the Royal Society B : biological sciences, 2019, Vol.286(1916), pp.20191929 [Peer Reviewed Journal], Ameen, C, Feuerborn, T R, Brown, S K, Linderholm, A, Hulme-Beaman, A, Lebrasseur, O, Sinding, M H S, Lounsberry, Z T, Lin, A T, Appelt, M, Bachmann, L, Betts, M, Britton, K, Darwent, J, Dietz, R, Fredholm, M, Gopalakrishnan, S, Goriunova, O I, Gr&#248;nnow, B, Haile, J, Hallsson, J H, Harrison, R, Heide-J&#248;rgensen, M P, Knecht, R, Losey, R J, Masson-MacLean, E, McGovern, T H, McManus-Fry, E, Meldgaard, M, Midtdal, &#197;, Moss, M L, Nikitin, I G, Nomokonova, T, P&#225;lsd&#243;ttir, A H, Perri, A, Popov, A N, Rankin, L, Reuther, J D, Sablin, M, Schmidt, A L, Shirar, S, Smiarowski, K, Sonne, C, Stiner, M C, Vasyukov, M, West, C F, Ween, G B, Wennerberg, S E, Wiig, &#216;, Woollett, J, Dal&#233;n, L, Hansen, A J, P Gilbert, M T, Sacks, B N, Frantz, L, Larson, G, Dobney, K, Darwent, C M &amp; Evin, A 2019, &#39; Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic &#39;, Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, 20191929 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019, 286 (1916), pp.20191929. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2019.1929⟩, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Royal Society, The, 2019, 286 (1916), pp.20191929. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2019.1929⟩, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol 286, iss 1916, Ardern Hulme-Beaman, Oph&#233;lie Lebrasseur, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Zachary T. Lounsberry, Audrey T. Lin, Martin Appelt, Lutz Bachmann, Matthew Betts, Kate Britton, John Darwent, Rune Dietz, Merete Fredholm, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Olga I. Goriunova, Bjarne Gr&#248;nnow, James Haile, J&#243;n Hallsteinn Hallsson, Ramona Harrison, Mads Peter Heide-J&#248;rgensen, Rick Knecht, Robert J. Losey, Edouard Masson-MacLean, Thomas H. McGovern, Ellen McManus-Fry, Morten Meldgaard, &#197;slaug Midtdal, Madonna L. Moss, Iurii G. Nikitin, Tatiana Nomokonova, Alb&#237;na Hulda P&#225;lsd&#243;ttir, Angela Perri, Aleksandr N. Popov, Lisa Rankin, Joshua D. Reuther, Mikhail Sablin, Anne Lisbeth Schmidt, Scott Shirar, Konrad Smiarowski, Christian Sonne, Mary C. Stiner, Mitya Vasyukov, Catherine F. West, Gro Birgit Ween, Sanne Eline Wennerberg, &#216;ystein Wiig, James Woollett, Love Dal&#233;n, Anders J. Hansen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Benjamin N. Sacks, Laurent Frantz, Greger Larson, Keith Dobney, Christyann M. Darwent, Allowen Evin, Gr&#248;nnow, B, Allowen, E, Schmidt, A L &amp; Appelt, M 2019, &#39; Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic &#39;, Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, 20191929 . < http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929 >, Ameen, C, Feuerborn, T R, Brown, S K, Linderholm, A, Hulme-Beaman, A, Lebrasseur, O, Sinding, M-H S, Lounsberry, Z T, Lin, A T, Appelt, M, Bachmann, L, Betts, M, Britton, K, Darwent, J, Dietz, R, Fredholm, M, Gopalakrishnan, S, Goriunova, O I, Gr&#248;nnow, B, Haile, J, Hallsson, J H, Harrison, R, Heide-J&#248;rgensen, M P, Knecht, R, Losey, R J, Masson-MacLean, E, McGovern, T H, McManus-Fry, E, Meldgaard, M, Midtdal, &#197;, Moss, M L, Nikitin, I G, Nomokonova, T, P&#225;lsd&#243;ttir, A H, Perri, A, Popov, A N, Rankin, L, Reuther, J D, Sablin, M, Schmidt, A L, Shirar, S, Smiarowski, K, Sonne, C, Stiner, M C, Vasyukov, M, West, C F, Ween, G B, Wennerberg, S E, Wiig, &#216;, Woollett, J, Dal&#233;n, L, Hansen, A J, P Gilbert, M T, Sacks, B N, Frantz, L, Larson, G, Dobney, K, Darwent, C M &amp; Evin, A 2019, &#39; Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic &#39;, Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 286, no. 1916, pp. 20191929 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1929, Proceedings. Biological sciences
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