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Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic.
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William A Marsh *Centre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK. w.marsh@nhm.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8385-3169
Lachie Scarsbrook *Chair of Animal Systems Genomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. lachiescarsbrook@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2558-4455
Eren YüncüDepartment of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Lizzie HodgsonBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.
Audrey T LinRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2505-1480
Maria De IorioYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Olaf ThalmannChair of Animal Systems Genomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
Mark G ThomasDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2452-981X
Mahaut GoorChair of Animal Systems Genomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
Anders BergströmSchool of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4096-9268
Angela NosedaBioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
Sarieh AmiriBioarchaeology Laboratory, Central Laboratory, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-6835-373X
Fereidoun BiglariPaleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7086-3037
Dušan BorićDipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, SAPIENZA Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0166-627X
Katia BougiouriSection for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Alberto CarmagniniChair of Animal Systems Genomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5215-4269
Maddalena GiannìDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Tom HighamDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5949-598X
Ophelie LebrasseurPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anna LinderholmCentre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1613-9926
Marcello A ManninoDepartment of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6807-4434
Caroline MiddletonDepartment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Gökhan MustafaoğluHaci Bayram Veli University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-9726-172X
Angela PerriChronicle Heritage, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Joris PetersInstitute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilan-University Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0894-2628
Mike RichardsSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5274-8887
Özlem SarıtaşDepartment of Prehistory, Division of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey.ORCID 0009-0009-8830-3981
Pontus SkoglundAncient Genomics Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3021-5913
Rhiannon E StevensInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6140-4549
Chris StringerCentre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9183-7337
Kristina TabbadaPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8728-8291
Helen M TalbotBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-7402-2830
Laura G Van der SluisDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6198-7935
Silvia M BelloCentre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3777-7887
Vesna DimitrijevicLaboratory for Bioarchaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Louise MartinInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
Marjan MashkourBioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3630-9459
Simon A ParfittCentre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Sonja VukovicLaboratory for Bioarchaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Selina BraceCentre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2126-6732
Oliver E CraigBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4296-8402
Douglas BairdDepartment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Sophy CharltonBioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7487-2635
Greger LarsonPalaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. greger.larson@arch.ox.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4092-0392
Ian BarnesCentre for Human Evolution Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK. I.Barnes@nhm.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8322-6918
Laurent A F FrantzChair of Animal Systems Genomics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. laurent.frantz@lmu.de.
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Wellcome Trust
Abstract
Archaeological evidence suggests that dogs diverged from wolves during the Palaeolithic, more than 15,000 years ago
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DogsWolvesAnimalsArchaeologyCavesCell NucleusDNA, AncientDNA, MitochondrialEuropeFossilsGenome, MitochondrialHumansPhylogenyDNA, AncientDNA, Mitochondrial
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