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Ancient DNA and osteological analyses of a unique paleo-archive reveal Early Holocene faunal expansion into the Scandinavian Arctic.

Aurélie Boilard, Samuel J Walker, Trond Klungseth Lødøen, Mona Henriksen, Liselotte M Takken Beijersbergen, Bastiaan Star, Marius Robu, Christine Tøssebro, Cornelia Marie Albrektsen, Yvonne Soleng and 6 more

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  1. A 75,000-y-old Scandinavian Arctic cave deposit reveals past faunal diversity and paleoenvironment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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Aurélie BoilardCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0009-0003-4270-695X
Samuel J WalkerCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-3073-6292
Trond Klungseth LødøenDepartment of Cultural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-9743-7468
Mona HenriksenFaculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-5004-2012
Liselotte M Takken BeijersbergenDepartment of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-6655-0115
Bastiaan StarCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0235-9810
Marius RobuCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0993-6473
Christine TøssebroDepartment of Cultural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Cornelia Marie AlbrektsenDepartment of Cultural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Yvonne SolengDepartment of Cultural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0009-0001-3060-9883
Sverre AksnesDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0009-0000-6437-0383
Roger JørgensenThe Arctic University Museum of Norway, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0009-0008-4235-4110
Anne Karin HufthammerDepartment of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1570-9667
Thijs van KolfschotenFaculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1716-3394
Stein-Erik LauritzenCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-6901-633X
Sanne BoessenkoolCentre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0001-8033-1165

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paleo-archives are essential for our understanding of species responses to climate warming, yet such archives are extremely rare in the Arctic. Here, we combine morphological analyses and bulk-bone metabarcoding to investigate a unique chronology of bone deposits sealed in the high-latitude Storsteinhola cave system (68°50' N 16°22' E) in Norway. This deposit dates to a period of climate warming from the end of the Late Glacial [~13 thousand calibrated years before the present (ka cal B.P.)] to the Holocene thermal maximum (~5.6 ka cal B.P.). Paleogenetic analyses allow us to exploit the 1000s of morphologically unidentifiable bone fragments resulting in a high-resolution sequence with 40 different taxa, including species not previously found here. Our record reveals borealization in both the marine and terrestrial environments above the Arctic Circle as a naturally recurring phenomenon in past periods of warming, providing fundamental insights into the ecosystem-wide responses that are ongoing today.

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DNA, AncientEcosystemArctic RegionsClimateNorwayDNA, Ancient

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