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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Ancient dog mitogenomes support the dual dispersal of dogs and agriculture into South America.

Aurélie Manin, Regis Debruyne, Audrey Lin, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Evangelos Antonios Dimopoulos, Lucio González Venanzi, Sophy Charlton, Lachie Scarsbrook, Andrew Hogan, Anna Linderholm and 34 more

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Aurélie ManinPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1061-3754
Regis DebruyneUMR 7209 BioArch, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Audrey LinDepartment of Anthropology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA.
Ophélie LebrasseurPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Evangelos Antonios DimopoulosPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lucio González VenanziDivisión Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
Sophy CharltonPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lachie ScarsbrookPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2558-4455
Andrew HoganNational Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Anna LinderholmPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Adam R BoykoCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Pauline JoncourCNRS, ECOBIO, UMR 6553, Université de Rennes, Rennes, Bretagne, France.
Mónica BerónIDECU, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Paola GonzálezSociedad Chilena de Arqueología, Santiago, Chile.
Juan Carlos CastroMuseo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas Profesor Antonio Serrano, Paraná, Argentina.
Silvia CorneroMuseo Universitario, FCEIA, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
Gabriel CantaruttiSociedad Chilena de Arqueología, Santiago, Chile.
Patricio López MendozaMuseo de Historia Natural y Cultural del Desierto de Atacama, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Ismael MartínezCentro de Estudios de Historia y Arqueología, Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.
Velia Mendoza EspañaLaboratorio de Zooarqueología, Carrera de Arqueología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Daniel PavlovicCIEM Aconcagua, San Felipe, Chile.
Luciano PratesDivisión Arqueología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
Francisco PrevostiMuseo de Ciencias Antropológicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja (UNLaR), CRILAR-CONICET, La Rioja, Argentina.
José RoganIndependent Researcher, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Adrián OyanederArchaeology and History Department, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9526-9077
Ximena PowerInstituto de Alta Investigación (IAI), Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7134-5637
Susan deFranceDepartment of Anthropology, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Michael WyldeDepartment of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Belkys GutierrezBGL Arqueología EIRL, Trujillo, Peru.
Sandrine GrouardUMR 7209 BioArch, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Carolyn FreiwaldDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA.
Jaime J AweDepartment of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
Claire E EbertDepartment of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8554-2727
Julie A HoggarthDepartment of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA.
Juan Carlos EquihuaInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Grégory PereiraUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbone, UMR 8096 ArchAm, CNRS, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Heidi ParkerNational Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Christine LefèvreUMR 7209 BioArch, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Nicolas GoepfertUniversité Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbone, UMR 8096 ArchAm, CNRS, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
Elaine OstranderNational Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Greger LarsonPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4092-0392
Laurent FrantzAnimal Paleogenomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany.
Christophe HitteCNRS / Institute Genetics and Development, Université de Rennes, Rennes, Bretagne, France.
Morgane OllivierCNRS, ECOBIO, UMR 6553, Université de Rennes, Rennes, Bretagne, France.

Funding

Muséum National d'Histoire NaturelleNatural Environment Research CouncilRégion Bretagnethe Intramural Program of the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S, National Institute of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Archaeological and palaeogenomic data show that dogs were the only domestic animals introduced during the early peopling of the Americas. Hunter-gatherer groups spread quickly towards the south of the continent, but it is unclear when dogs reached Central and South America. To address this issue, we generated and analysed 70 complete mitochondrial genomes from archaeological and modern dogs ranging from Central Mexico to Central Chile and Argentina, revealing the dynamics of dog populations. Our results demonstrate that pre-contact Central and South American dogs are all assigned to a specific clade that diverged after dogs entered North America. Specifically, the divergence time between North, Central and South American dog clades is consistent with the spread of agriculture and the adoption of maize in South America between 7000 and 5000 years ago. An isolation-by-distance best characterizes how dogs expanded into South America. We identify the arrival of new lineages of dogs in post-contact South America, likely of European origin, and their legacy in modern village dogs. Interestingly, the pre-contact Mesoamerican maternal origin of the Chihuahua has persisted in some modern individuals.

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AgricultureAnimal DistributionGenome, MitochondrialAnimalsArchaeologyDogsPhylogenySouth AmericaAmericasanimal domesticationarchaeologymigrationpalaeogenomicsphylogeography

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