Tracking dogs across the Pacific using ancient mitogenomes
Author(s): Karen Greig; Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith; Richard Walter
Year: 2017
Summary
Dogs were introduced to the islands of Australasia and the Pacific during human migrations and colonisations, but the timing and dispersal routes are unclear. To investigate these Oceanic dog introductions and movements, we generated complete or near complete ancient mitochondrial genomes from archaeological dog specimens from Thailand, Island Southeast Asia and Pacific islands, and from modern dingoes. When combined with additional published complete mitogenome sequences from modern dogs from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, and Australian dingoes, a complex history of dog-human interactions and multiple introductions into the region is revealed. This complexity is also mirrored in archaeological and linguistic evidence.
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Tracking dogs across the Pacific using ancient mitogenomes. Karen Greig, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith, Richard Walter. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 429062)
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Keywords
General
ancient DNA
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Archaeology
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Pacific dogs
Geographic Keywords
Oceania
Spatial Coverage
min long: 111.973; min lat: -52.052 ; max long: -87.715; max lat: 53.331 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 15284