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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2019

Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic.

Carly Ameen, Tatiana R Feuerborn, Sarah K Brown, Anna Linderholm, Ardern Hulme-Beaman, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Mikkel-Holger S Sinding, Zachary T Lounsberry, Audrey T Lin, Martin Appelt and 49 more

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59 authors at 20 institutions in 12 countries.

Carly AmeenDepartment of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK.
Tatiana R FeuerbornDepartment of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sarah K BrownDepartment of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Anna LinderholmDepartment of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Ardern Hulme-BeamanDepartment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
Ophélie LebrasseurDepartment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
Mikkel-Holger S SindingSection for Evolutionary Genomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Zachary T LounsberryMammalian Ecology and Conservation Unit of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Audrey T LinThe Palaeogenomics and Bio-archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Martin AppeltNational Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lutz BachmannNatural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Matthew BettsCanadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Kate BrittonDepartment of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
John DarwentDepartment of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Rune DietzArctic Research Centre, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark.
Merete FredholmDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Shyam GopalakrishnanCentre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Olga I GoriunovaLaboratory of Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science), Irkutsk, Russian Federation.
Bjarne GrønnowNational Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
James HaileThe Palaeogenomics and Bio-archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jón Hallsteinn HallssonFaculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Agricultural University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Ramona HarrisonDepartment of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies, and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.
Mads Peter Heide-JørgensenBirds and Mammals, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Rick KnechtDepartment of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Robert J LoseyDepartment of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Edouard Masson-MacLeanDepartment of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Thomas H McGovernDepartment of Anthropology, Hunter College CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
Ellen McManus-FryDepartment of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Morten MeldgaardCentre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Åslaug MidtdalHolmenkollen Ski Museum, Oslo, Norway.
Madonna L MossDepartment of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
Iurii G NikitinMuseum of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East (Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science), Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
Tatiana NomokonovaDepartment of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Albína Hulda PálsdóttirCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Angela PerriDepartment of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
Aleksandr N PopovMuseum of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East (Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science), Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
Lisa RankinDepartment of Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada.
Joshua D ReutherDepartment of Anthropology, University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
Mikhail SablinZoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russian Federation.
Anne Lisbeth SchmidtNational Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Scott ShirarDepartment of Anthropology, University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK, USA.
Konrad SmiarowskiThe Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Christian SonneArctic Research Centre, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mary C StinerSchool of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Mitya VasyukovDepartment of Biological Diversity and Sustainable Use of Biological Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moskow, Russian Federation.
Catherine F WestDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology Program, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Gro Birgit WeenUniversity of Oslo Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Norway.
Sanne Eline WennerbergGovernment of Greenland, Veterinary and Food Authority, Nuuk, Greenland.
Øystein WiigNatural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
James WoollettDépartement des Sciences Historiques, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
Love DalénDepartment of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders J HansenCentre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
M Thomas P GilbertSection for Evolutionary Genomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Benjamin N SacksDepartment of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Laurent FrantzSchool of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Greger LarsonThe Palaeogenomics and Bio-archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Keith DobneyDepartment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
Christyann M DarwentDepartment of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Allowen EvinInstitut des Sciences de l'Evolution-Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, IRD, EPHE, Montpellier, Occitanie, France.
University of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Aberdeen · GBUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Oslo · NOUniversity of Oxford · GBNational Museum of Denmark · DKAgricultural University of Iceland · ISInstitute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of Far-East · RUThe Graduate Center, CUNY · USUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks · USAarhus University · DKBoston University · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRDurham University · GBGreenland Government · GLGrønlands Naturinstitut · GLInstitute of Archaeology · RUMemorial University of Newfoundland · CANorsk Teknisk Museum · NO

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Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 210119/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

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.

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Animal DistributionDogsGenome, MitochondrialPhenotypeAlaskaAnimalsArchaeologyArctic RegionsCanadaDNA, AncientDNA, MitochondrialGreenlandHuman MigrationHumansDNA, AncientDNA, Mitochondrialancient DNAarchaeologyCanis lupus familiariscircumpolargeometric morphometricsmigration

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