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Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison.
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Julien SoubrierAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Graham GowerAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6197-3872
Kefei ChenAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Stephen M RichardsAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Bastien LlamasAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5550-9176
Kieren J MitchellAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Simon Y W HoSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
Pavel KosintsevInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 202 8 Marta Street, 620144 Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Michael S Y LeeSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia 5001, Australia.
Gennady BaryshnikovZoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya 1, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia.
Ruth BollonginoPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, University of Mainz D-55128, Mainz, Germany.
Pere BoverAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Joachim BurgerPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, University of Mainz D-55128, Mainz, Germany.
David ChivallOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4961-3847
Evelyne Crégut-BonnoureMuseum Requien, 67 rue Joseph Vernet, 84000 Avignon, France.
Jared E DeckerDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5685-7343
Vladimir B DoronichevANO Laboratory of Prehistory, 14 Linia 3e 11, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia.
Katerina DoukaOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
Damien A FordhamEnvironment Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Federica FontanaDipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, 12 Via Paradiso, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8710-4421
Carole FritzCNRS, TRACES, UMR 5608 et CREAP, MSHS Toulouse, USR 3414, Maison de la Recherche, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France.
Jan GlimmerveenCERPOLEX/Mammuthus, Anna Paulownastraat 25A, NL-2518 BA Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Liubov V GolovanovaANO Laboratory of Prehistory, 14 Linia 3e 11, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia.
Colin GrovesSchool of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Building 14, Canberra, Australian National University 0200, Australia.
Antonio GuerreschiDipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, 12 Via Paradiso, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Wolfgang HaakAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Tom HighamOxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
Emilia Hofman-KamińskaMammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Waszkiewicza 1c, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
Alexander ImmelMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Marie-Anne JulienDepartment of Archaeology, Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Southampton SO17 1BF, UK.
Johannes KrauseMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany.
Oleksandra KrotovaDepartment of Stone Age, Institute of Archaeology, National Ukrainian Academy of Science, 04210 Kiev, Ukraine.
Frauke LangbeinInstitute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany.
Greger LarsonPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.
Adam RohrlachSchool of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Amelie ScheuPalaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, University of Mainz D-55128, Mainz, Germany.
Robert D SchnabelDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5018-7641
Jeremy F TaylorDivision of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
Małgorzata TokarskaMammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Waszkiewicza 1c, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
Gilles ToselloChercheur associé, CREAP, MSHS Toulouse, URS 3414, Maison de la Recherche, 5 allées Antonio Machado, 31058 Toulouse, France.
Johannes van der PlichtCentre for Isotope Research, Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Groningen, Nijenborg 4, NI-9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ayla van LoenenAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Jean-Denis VigneCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, UMR7209, 'Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements', CP56, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
Oliver WooleyAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
Ludovic OrlandoCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, ØsterVoldgade 5-7, Copenhagen 1350K, Denmark.
Rafał KowalczykMammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Waszkiewicza 1c, 17-230 Białowieża, Poland.
Beth ShapiroUCSC Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2733-7776
Alan CooperAustralian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7738-7851
The University of Adelaide · AUJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEMammal Research Institute · PLMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History · DEUniversity of Missouri · USUniversity of Oxford · GBCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRSaint Petersburg Mining University · RUTravaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés · FRUniversity of Ferrara · ITAustralian National University · AUDepartment of Archaeology · LKFlinders University · AUInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology · RUMediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies · ESNational Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · UAOxford Archaeology · GBSorbonne Université · FRThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · US
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Abstract
The two living species of bison (European and American) are among the few terrestrial megafauna to have survived the late Pleistocene extinctions. Despite the extensive bovid fossil record in Eurasia, the evolutionary history of the European bison (or wisent, Bison bonasus) before the Holocene (<11.7 thousand years ago (kya)) remains a mystery. We use complete ancient mitochondrial genomes and genome-wide nuclear DNA surveys to reveal that the wisent is the product of hybridization between the extinct steppe bison (Bison priscus) and ancestors of modern cattle (aurochs, Bos primigenius) before 120 kya, and contains up to 10% aurochs genomic ancestry. Although undetected within the fossil record, ancestors of the wisent have alternated ecological dominance with steppe bison in association with major environmental shifts since at least 55 kya. Early cave artists recorded distinct morphological forms consistent with these replacement events, around the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, ∼21-18 kya).
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