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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2018Elsevier BV EC | ARCTIC DOMUS, SSHRCEC| ARCTIC DOMUS ,SSHRCRobert J. Losey; Tatiana Nomokonova; Lacey S. Fleming; Artur V. Kharinskii; Evgenii V. Kovychev; Mikhail V. Konstantinov; Natal'ia G. Diatchina; Mikhail V. Sablin; Larisa G. Iaroslavtseva;Abstract Trans-Baikal, the interior region just to the east of Siberia's Lake Baikal, has a fairly extensive but largely unstudied archaeological record of human interaction with domestic dogs. This region's archaeological dog remains are documented for the first time in this paper. New radiocarbon dates indicate that dogs first appear in this region by at least 7900 years ago during the Siberian Early Neolithic period. These dogs lived with the region's foragers, particularly in the southern portions of Trans-Baikal, and were sometimes buried, indicating their unique status in these communities. Dogs during this period were likely involved in hunting and burden carrying, but there is no evidence they were eaten. For much of the Middle Holocene, dog remains appear to be absent in Trans-Baikal, a pattern similar to that seen in the Cis-Baikal region to the west. During the Iron Age, dogs become food sources in Trans-Baikal, being abundant in some sites occupied by pastoral and agricultural groups. This same period also witnesses some dog sacrifice. Overall, dogs were clearly widespread in Trans- and Cis-Baikal by ~8000 years ago, and in all likelihood were present in much of Siberia in smaller numbers far earlier than this.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2017Springer Science and Business Media LLC EC | ARCTIC DOMUS, SSHRCEC| ARCTIC DOMUS ,SSHRCDrake, Abby Grace; Coquerelle, Michael; Kosintsev, Pavel A.; Bachura, Olga P.; Sablin, Mikhail; Gusev, Andrei V.; Fleming, Lacey S.; Losey, Robert J.;AbstractMuch of the fossil record for dogs consists of mandibles. However, can fossil canid mandibles be reliably identified as dogs or wolves? 3D geometric morphometric analysis correctly classifies 99.5% of the modern dog and wolf mandibles. However, only 4 of 26 Ust’-Polui fossil mandibles, a Russian Arctic site occupied from 250BCE to 150CE, were identified as dogs and none of the 20 Ivolgin mandibles, an Iron Age site in southern Russia, were identified as dogs. Three of the Ust’-Polui mandibles and 8 of the Ivolgin mandibles were identified as wolves. In contrast, all 12 Ivolgin skulls and 5 Ust’-Polui skulls were clearly identified as dogs. Only the classification of the UP6571 skull as a dog (Dog Posterior Probability = 1.0) was not supported by the typical probability. Other evidence indicates these canids were domesticated: they were located within human dwellings, remains at both sites have butchery marks indicating that they were consumed, and isotope analysis of canid and human remains from Ust’-Polui demonstrate that both were consuming freshwater protein; indicating that the humans were feeding the canids. Our results demonstrate that the mandible may not evolve as rapidly as the cranium and the mandible is not reliable for identifying early dog fossils.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eu28 citations 28 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Europe PubMed Centra... arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2017Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2019Public Library of Science (PLoS) SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSAuthors: Katherine J, Latham; Robert J, Losey;Katherine J, Latham; Robert J, Losey;Over the past several decades archaeologists have used the spinal pathology spondylosis deformans as an indicator that archaeological dogs were used to pull or carry loads. This interpretive approach is largely based upon observations of prehistoric dog remains and archaeologist's interpretations of veterinary literature on recent sled dogs and other draft animals. However, no comparative large-scale studies of the occurrence of spondylosis deformans in wild canids, transport dogs, and dogs never involved in pulling or carrying loads have been published. To evaluate the reliability of spondylosis deformans in archaeological dogs as an indicator of participation in transport activities, 136 modern non-transport dogs, 19 sled dogs, and 241 wolves were systematically analyzed for the occurrence of spondylosis deformans. Our results indicate this pathology is not a reliable skeletal indicator of dog transport because the disease is prevalent in both dogs and wolves, regardless of their occupational histories. Numerous factors correlate with the occurrence and manifestation of this disease in canids, including age, body size, sex, and inbreeding. As such, it remains extremely challenging to identify specific etiologies for spondylosis deformans in archaeological specimens.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2020Elsevier BV SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSRobert J. Losey; Tatiana Nomokonova; Pavel A. Kosintsev; Olga P. Bachura; Andrei V. Gusev; Dmitry D. Vasyukov; Arkady B. Savinetsky; Alexey A. Tishkin; Sergei P. Grushin; Vadim V. Gorbunov; Dmitri V. Papin; Mikhail V. Sablin; Alexandr N. Popov; Boris Lazin; Iurii G. Nikitin; Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii; Vladimir V. Pitulko; Aleksey K. Kasparov;Abstract Body size is correlated with many critical behavioral and developmental patterns in carnivores, including domestic dogs. The body masses and bite forces of archaeological dog remains from Siberia and the Russian Far East were estimated to make inferences regarding their behaviors and capacitis. The dogs date from ∼10,000–100 cal. BP and derive from archaeological sites spanning from steppe environments in the south to tundra regions of the northern Arctic. The dogs exhibit a four-fold difference in body mass, ranging from 7.6 to 32.5 kg, but have a mean body mass of only 16.4 kg. Bite forces are around only half those of modern wolves, indicating that the dogs had greatly reduced abilities to grasp and masticate prey and food items. The dogs exhibit a slight decrease in body size through time, perhaps due to human selection or greater survival rates for smaller individuals in human-dominated food environments. Dog body size variance within individual archaeological sites was as high as in a sample of modern wolves from throughout the study area, suggesting little strict human control over body size. No correlation was found between body size and site latitude, suggesting that Bergmann’s rule does not hold for these canids. Human shelters may provide a buffer against low temperatures that might favour larger body sizes at high latitudes. About 90% of the analyzed dogs have estimated body masses less than 21.5 kg, suggesting most were best adapted for procuring prey smaller than themselves—the dogs were not capable of taking down larger prey without the assistance of humans. Estimated dog body masses cannot eliminate the possibility that many of the animals were used for pulling sleds, and nearly all were capable of packing modest loads on their backs. Livestock guarding dogs are not well-evidenced by the body mass data, but herding dogs are a possibility in all of the pastoral or agricultural settings analyzed.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2016Wiley SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSRobert J. Losey; K. McLachlin; Tatiana Nomokonova; Katherine Latham; Lesley Harrington;doi: 10.1002/oa.2528
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2018Elsevier BV SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSLacey S. Fleming; Robert J. Losey; Tatiana Nomokonova; Sandra Garvie-Lok; Artur Kharinskii; E. V. Kovychev;Abstract In this paper, we report the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis results of wild (n = 15) and domestic (n = 21) animal samples from the Proezzhaia I site, a fortified Medieval settlement in Trans-Baikal, Siberia. Additionally, we analyzed five modern freshwater fish samples from the Shilka River, which flows immediately north of the site. Together, these samples provide the first dietary stable isotope data for the entire Trans-Baikal region. Our results reveal a C3 plant dominated diet for all animal taxa sampled, but with a possible minor inclusion of C4 plant material in the diets of some cattle (Bos sp.) and horses (Equus sp.). We infer this C4 plant was likely a type of millet, the remains of which were identified at a contemporaneous site upriver. Additionally, these results indicate that some cattle and horses consumed plant material grown in 15N-enriched soil, which suggests several distinct animal management practices, or may indicate a trade in or movement of animals from an area with a different nitrogen isotope baseline.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2017Elsevier BV SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSMietje Germonpré; Sergey Fedorov; Petr Danilov; Patrik Galeta; Elodie-Laure Jimenez; Mikhail Sablin; Robert J. Losey;Four isolated canid skulls from four sites (Badyarikha River, Tirekhtyakh River, Ulakhan Sular, Malyi Lyakhovsky Island) in the Sakha Republic of northern Siberia are here described. Three specimens date from the Pleistocene and range in age from more than 50,000 years to about 17,200 years old, the fourth specimen is about 950 years old. The Yakutian canid skulls are compared with Palaeolithic dogs, recent Northern dogs, Pleistocene wolves and recent Northern wolves by multivariate analyses of standardised cranial measurements in order to determine with which reference group they have the closest affinity. These analyses permitted to identify the Tirekhtyakh River specimen as a Pleistocene wolf. The Ulakhan Sular specimen resembles the Palaeolithic dogs and the Malyi Lyakhvosky specimen the recent Northern dogs. The Badyarikha River skull falls in between groups. The archaeological implications of the presence of ancient canid specimens resembling Palaeolithic and early dogs in arctic northeast Asia are discussed.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2013 SpainPublic Library of Science (PLoS) SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSLosey; R.J.; S. Garvie-Lok; J.A. Leonard; M.A. Katzenberg; M. Germonpre; T. Nomokonova; M.V. Sablin; O.I. Goriunova; N.E. Berdnikova; N.A. Savel’ev;The first objective of this study is to examine temporal patterns in ancient dog burials in the Lake Baikal region of Eastern Siberia. The second objective is to determine if the practice of dog burial here can be correlated with patterns in human subsistence practices, in particular a reliance on terrestrial mammals. Direct radiocarbon dating of a suite of the region’s dog remains indicates that these animals were given burial only during periods in which human burials were common. Dog burials of any kind were most common during the Early Neolithic (,7–8000 B.P.), and rare during all other time periods. Further, only foraging groups seem to have buried canids in this region, as pastoralist habitation sites and cemeteries generally lack dog interments, with the exception of sacrificed animals. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data indicate that dogs were only buried where and when human diets were relatively rich in aquatic foods, which here most likely included river and lake fish and Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica). Generally, human and dog diets appear to have been similar across the study subregions, and this is important for interpreting their radiocarbon dates, and comparing them to those obtained on the region’s human remains, both of which likely carry a freshwater old carbon bias. Slight offsets were observed in the isotope values of dogs and humans in our samples, particularly where both have diets rich in aquatic fauna. This may result from dietary differences between people and their dogs, perhaps due to consuming fish of different sizes, or even different tissues from the same aquatic fauna. This paper also provides a first glimpse of the DNA of ancient canids in Northeast Asia. Peer reviewed
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2018Elsevier BV EC | ARCTIC DOMUS, SSHRCEC| ARCTIC DOMUS ,SSHRCRobert J. Losey; Tatiana Nomokonova; Lacey S. Fleming; Artur V. Kharinskii; Evgenii V. Kovychev; Mikhail V. Konstantinov; Natal'ia G. Diatchina; Mikhail V. Sablin; Larisa G. Iaroslavtseva;Abstract Trans-Baikal, the interior region just to the east of Siberia's Lake Baikal, has a fairly extensive but largely unstudied archaeological record of human interaction with domestic dogs. This region's archaeological dog remains are documented for the first time in this paper. New radiocarbon dates indicate that dogs first appear in this region by at least 7900 years ago during the Siberian Early Neolithic period. These dogs lived with the region's foragers, particularly in the southern portions of Trans-Baikal, and were sometimes buried, indicating their unique status in these communities. Dogs during this period were likely involved in hunting and burden carrying, but there is no evidence they were eaten. For much of the Middle Holocene, dog remains appear to be absent in Trans-Baikal, a pattern similar to that seen in the Cis-Baikal region to the west. During the Iron Age, dogs become food sources in Trans-Baikal, being abundant in some sites occupied by pastoral and agricultural groups. This same period also witnesses some dog sacrifice. Overall, dogs were clearly widespread in Trans- and Cis-Baikal by ~8000 years ago, and in all likelihood were present in much of Siberia in smaller numbers far earlier than this.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2017Springer Science and Business Media LLC EC | ARCTIC DOMUS, SSHRCEC| ARCTIC DOMUS ,SSHRCDrake, Abby Grace; Coquerelle, Michael; Kosintsev, Pavel A.; Bachura, Olga P.; Sablin, Mikhail; Gusev, Andrei V.; Fleming, Lacey S.; Losey, Robert J.;AbstractMuch of the fossil record for dogs consists of mandibles. However, can fossil canid mandibles be reliably identified as dogs or wolves? 3D geometric morphometric analysis correctly classifies 99.5% of the modern dog and wolf mandibles. However, only 4 of 26 Ust’-Polui fossil mandibles, a Russian Arctic site occupied from 250BCE to 150CE, were identified as dogs and none of the 20 Ivolgin mandibles, an Iron Age site in southern Russia, were identified as dogs. Three of the Ust’-Polui mandibles and 8 of the Ivolgin mandibles were identified as wolves. In contrast, all 12 Ivolgin skulls and 5 Ust’-Polui skulls were clearly identified as dogs. Only the classification of the UP6571 skull as a dog (Dog Posterior Probability = 1.0) was not supported by the typical probability. Other evidence indicates these canids were domesticated: they were located within human dwellings, remains at both sites have butchery marks indicating that they were consumed, and isotope analysis of canid and human remains from Ust’-Polui demonstrate that both were consuming freshwater protein; indicating that the humans were feeding the canids. Our results demonstrate that the mandible may not evolve as rapidly as the cranium and the mandible is not reliable for identifying early dog fossils.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eu28 citations 28 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Europe PubMed Centra... arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2017Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2019Public Library of Science (PLoS) SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSAuthors: Katherine J, Latham; Robert J, Losey;Katherine J, Latham; Robert J, Losey;Over the past several decades archaeologists have used the spinal pathology spondylosis deformans as an indicator that archaeological dogs were used to pull or carry loads. This interpretive approach is largely based upon observations of prehistoric dog remains and archaeologist's interpretations of veterinary literature on recent sled dogs and other draft animals. However, no comparative large-scale studies of the occurrence of spondylosis deformans in wild canids, transport dogs, and dogs never involved in pulling or carrying loads have been published. To evaluate the reliability of spondylosis deformans in archaeological dogs as an indicator of participation in transport activities, 136 modern non-transport dogs, 19 sled dogs, and 241 wolves were systematically analyzed for the occurrence of spondylosis deformans. Our results indicate this pathology is not a reliable skeletal indicator of dog transport because the disease is prevalent in both dogs and wolves, regardless of their occupational histories. Numerous factors correlate with the occurrence and manifestation of this disease in canids, including age, body size, sex, and inbreeding. As such, it remains extremely challenging to identify specific etiologies for spondylosis deformans in archaeological specimens.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2020Elsevier BV SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSRobert J. Losey; Tatiana Nomokonova; Pavel A. Kosintsev; Olga P. Bachura; Andrei V. Gusev; Dmitry D. Vasyukov; Arkady B. Savinetsky; Alexey A. Tishkin; Sergei P. Grushin; Vadim V. Gorbunov; Dmitri V. Papin; Mikhail V. Sablin; Alexandr N. Popov; Boris Lazin; Iurii G. Nikitin; Vladimir I. Bazaliiskii; Vladimir V. Pitulko; Aleksey K. Kasparov;Abstract Body size is correlated with many critical behavioral and developmental patterns in carnivores, including domestic dogs. The body masses and bite forces of archaeological dog remains from Siberia and the Russian Far East were estimated to make inferences regarding their behaviors and capacitis. The dogs date from ∼10,000–100 cal. BP and derive from archaeological sites spanning from steppe environments in the south to tundra regions of the northern Arctic. The dogs exhibit a four-fold difference in body mass, ranging from 7.6 to 32.5 kg, but have a mean body mass of only 16.4 kg. Bite forces are around only half those of modern wolves, indicating that the dogs had greatly reduced abilities to grasp and masticate prey and food items. The dogs exhibit a slight decrease in body size through time, perhaps due to human selection or greater survival rates for smaller individuals in human-dominated food environments. Dog body size variance within individual archaeological sites was as high as in a sample of modern wolves from throughout the study area, suggesting little strict human control over body size. No correlation was found between body size and site latitude, suggesting that Bergmann’s rule does not hold for these canids. Human shelters may provide a buffer against low temperatures that might favour larger body sizes at high latitudes. About 90% of the analyzed dogs have estimated body masses less than 21.5 kg, suggesting most were best adapted for procuring prey smaller than themselves—the dogs were not capable of taking down larger prey without the assistance of humans. Estimated dog body masses cannot eliminate the possibility that many of the animals were used for pulling sleds, and nearly all were capable of packing modest loads on their backs. Livestock guarding dogs are not well-evidenced by the body mass data, but herding dogs are a possibility in all of the pastoral or agricultural settings analyzed.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2018Elsevier BV SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSLacey S. Fleming; Robert J. Losey; Tatiana Nomokonova; Sandra Garvie-Lok; Artur Kharinskii; E. V. Kovychev;Abstract In this paper, we report the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis results of wild (n = 15) and domestic (n = 21) animal samples from the Proezzhaia I site, a fortified Medieval settlement in Trans-Baikal, Siberia. Additionally, we analyzed five modern freshwater fish samples from the Shilka River, which flows immediately north of the site. Together, these samples provide the first dietary stable isotope data for the entire Trans-Baikal region. Our results reveal a C3 plant dominated diet for all animal taxa sampled, but with a possible minor inclusion of C4 plant material in the diets of some cattle (Bos sp.) and horses (Equus sp.). We infer this C4 plant was likely a type of millet, the remains of which were identified at a contemporaneous site upriver. Additionally, these results indicate that some cattle and horses consumed plant material grown in 15N-enriched soil, which suggests several distinct animal management practices, or may indicate a trade in or movement of animals from an area with a different nitrogen isotope baseline.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2017Elsevier BV SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSMietje Germonpré; Sergey Fedorov; Petr Danilov; Patrik Galeta; Elodie-Laure Jimenez; Mikhail Sablin; Robert J. Losey;Four isolated canid skulls from four sites (Badyarikha River, Tirekhtyakh River, Ulakhan Sular, Malyi Lyakhovsky Island) in the Sakha Republic of northern Siberia are here described. Three specimens date from the Pleistocene and range in age from more than 50,000 years to about 17,200 years old, the fourth specimen is about 950 years old. The Yakutian canid skulls are compared with Palaeolithic dogs, recent Northern dogs, Pleistocene wolves and recent Northern wolves by multivariate analyses of standardised cranial measurements in order to determine with which reference group they have the closest affinity. These analyses permitted to identify the Tirekhtyakh River specimen as a Pleistocene wolf. The Ulakhan Sular specimen resembles the Palaeolithic dogs and the Malyi Lyakhvosky specimen the recent Northern dogs. The Badyarikha River skull falls in between groups. The archaeological implications of the presence of ancient canid specimens resembling Palaeolithic and early dogs in arctic northeast Asia are discussed.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2013 SpainPublic Library of Science (PLoS) SSHRC, EC | ARCTIC DOMUSSSHRC ,EC| ARCTIC DOMUSLosey; R.J.; S. Garvie-Lok; J.A. Leonard; M.A. Katzenberg; M. Germonpre; T. Nomokonova; M.V. Sablin; O.I. Goriunova; N.E. Berdnikova; N.A. Savel’ev;The first objective of this study is to examine temporal patterns in ancient dog burials in the Lake Baikal region of Eastern Siberia. The second objective is to determine if the practice of dog burial here can be correlated with patterns in human subsistence practices, in particular a reliance on terrestrial mammals. Direct radiocarbon dating of a suite of the region’s dog remains indicates that these animals were given burial only during periods in which human burials were common. Dog burials of any kind were most common during the Early Neolithic (,7–8000 B.P.), and rare during all other time periods. Further, only foraging groups seem to have buried canids in this region, as pastoralist habitation sites and cemeteries generally lack dog interments, with the exception of sacrificed animals. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data indicate that dogs were only buried where and when human diets were relatively rich in aquatic foods, which here most likely included river and lake fish and Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica). Generally, human and dog diets appear to have been similar across the study subregions, and this is important for interpreting their radiocarbon dates, and comparing them to those obtained on the region’s human remains, both of which likely carry a freshwater old carbon bias. Slight offsets were observed in the isotope values of dogs and humans in our samples, particularly where both have diets rich in aquatic fauna. This may result from dietary differences between people and their dogs, perhaps due to consuming fish of different sizes, or even different tissues from the same aquatic fauna. This paper also provides a first glimpse of the DNA of ancient canids in Northeast Asia. Peer reviewed
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