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Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia

Zhang, Shao Jie ; Scarsbrook, Lachie ; Li, Haoran ; Carmagnini, Alberto ; Charlton, Sophy ; Feuerborn, Tatiana ; Boeskorov, Gennady ; Chen, Guoke ; Deom, Jean-Marc and Dimopoulos, Evangelos A. , et al. (2025) In Science 390(6774). p.735-740
Abstract

As the first domestic species, dogs likely dispersed with different cultural groups during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 73 ancient dog genomes, including 17 newly sequenced individuals sampled from East Asia to the West Eurasian Steppe spanning nearly 10,000 years. Our results indicate correlations between the ancestry of dogs and specific ancient human populations from eastern Europe to Eastern Siberia, including Ancient Paleo-Siberians, Eastern hunter-gatherers, East Asians, and Steppe pastoralists. We also identify multiple shifts in the ancestry of dogs that coincide with specific dispersals of hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists. Combined, our results reveal the long-term and... (More)

As the first domestic species, dogs likely dispersed with different cultural groups during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 73 ancient dog genomes, including 17 newly sequenced individuals sampled from East Asia to the West Eurasian Steppe spanning nearly 10,000 years. Our results indicate correlations between the ancestry of dogs and specific ancient human populations from eastern Europe to Eastern Siberia, including Ancient Paleo-Siberians, Eastern hunter-gatherers, East Asians, and Steppe pastoralists. We also identify multiple shifts in the ancestry of dogs that coincide with specific dispersals of hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists. Combined, our results reveal the long-term and integral role that dogs played in a multitude of human societies.

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Genomiska bevis för samtidigt spridning av hundar och människor över Östra Eurasien under Holocen
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published
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aDNA, Palaeogenomics, Codispersal, Dog, Eurasia, Domestication, dog domestication
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Science
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390
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6774
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6 pages
publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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  • pmid:41231995
  • scopus:105021711662
ISSN
1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.adu2836
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English
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95f4180e-2524-4543-a708-ce1a23a6bd30
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2025-11-18 10:12:18
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  abstract     = {{<p>As the first domestic species, dogs likely dispersed with different cultural groups during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 73 ancient dog genomes, including 17 newly sequenced individuals sampled from East Asia to the West Eurasian Steppe spanning nearly 10,000 years. Our results indicate correlations between the ancestry of dogs and specific ancient human populations from eastern Europe to Eastern Siberia, including Ancient Paleo-Siberians, Eastern hunter-gatherers, East Asians, and Steppe pastoralists. We also identify multiple shifts in the ancestry of dogs that coincide with specific dispersals of hunter-gatherers, farmers, and pastoralists. Combined, our results reveal the long-term and integral role that dogs played in a multitude of human societies.</p>}},
  author       = {{Zhang, Shao Jie and Scarsbrook, Lachie and Li, Haoran and Carmagnini, Alberto and Charlton, Sophy and Feuerborn, Tatiana and Boeskorov, Gennady and Chen, Guoke and Deom, Jean-Marc and Dimopoulos, Evangelos A. and Dobney, Keith and Dong, Jiajia and Du, Linyao and Hansen, Anders Johannes and Harris, Alex and Hernández-Alonso, Germán and Jia, Xin and Kim, Alexander and Li, Gui Mei and Li, Ruli and Linderholm, Anna and Outram, Alan and Qiu, Menghan and Ren, Lele and Ruan, Qiurong and Sala, Renato and Stepanov, Alexander and Sun, Yonggang and Tabbada, Kristina and Thalmann, Olaf and Varfolomeev, Victor and Wang, Lu and Wang, Qianqian and Wang, Shan and Wei, Wenyu and Yang, Yishi and Yin, Jiangxian and Zaibert, Viktor and Zhang, Zhixiong and Dong, Guanghui and Rosengren, Erika and Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. and Ostrander, Elaine A. and Larson, Greger and Ma, Minmin and Frantz, Laurent A.F. and Wang, Guo Dong}},
  issn         = {{1095-9203}},
  keywords     = {{aDNA; Palaeogenomics; Codispersal; Dog; Eurasia; Domestication; dog domestication}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{6774}},
  pages        = {{735--740}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adu2836}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/science.adu2836}},
  volume       = {{390}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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