TY - JOUR
T1 - Late Pleistocene onset of mutualistic human/canid (Canis spp.) relationships in subarctic Alaska
AU - Lanoë, François
AU - Reuther, Joshua
AU - Fields, Stormy
AU - Potter, Ben
AU - Smith, Gerad
AU - McKinney, Holly
AU - Halffman, Carrin
AU - Holmes, Charles
AU - Mills, Robin
AU - Crass, Barbara
AU - Frome, Ryan
AU - Hildebrandt, Kyndall
AU - Sattler, Robert
AU - Shirar, Scott
AU - de Flamingh, Alida
AU - Kemp, Brian M.
AU - Malhi, Ripan
AU - Witt, Kelsey E.
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PY - 2024/12/6
Y1 - 2024/12/6
N2 - Large canids (wolves, dogs, and coyote) and people form a close relationship in northern (subarctic and arctic) socioecological systems. Here, we document the antiquity of this bond and the multiple ways it manifested in interior Alaska, a region key to understanding the peopling of the Americas and early northern lifeways. We compile original and existing genomic, isotopic, and osteological canid data from archaeological, paleontological, and modern sites. Results show that in contrast to canids recovered in non-anthropic contexts, canids recovered in association with human occupations are markedly diverse. They include multiple species and intraspecific lineages, morphological variation, and diets ranging from terrestrial to marine. This variation is expressed along both geographic and temporal gradients, starting in the terminal Pleistocene with canids showing high marine dietary estimates. This paper provides evidence of the multiple ecological relationships between canids and people in the north—from predation, probable commensalism, and taming, to domestication—and of their early onset.
AB - Large canids (wolves, dogs, and coyote) and people form a close relationship in northern (subarctic and arctic) socioecological systems. Here, we document the antiquity of this bond and the multiple ways it manifested in interior Alaska, a region key to understanding the peopling of the Americas and early northern lifeways. We compile original and existing genomic, isotopic, and osteological canid data from archaeological, paleontological, and modern sites. Results show that in contrast to canids recovered in non-anthropic contexts, canids recovered in association with human occupations are markedly diverse. They include multiple species and intraspecific lineages, morphological variation, and diets ranging from terrestrial to marine. This variation is expressed along both geographic and temporal gradients, starting in the terminal Pleistocene with canids showing high marine dietary estimates. This paper provides evidence of the multiple ecological relationships between canids and people in the north—from predation, probable commensalism, and taming, to domestication—and of their early onset.
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U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.ads1335
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.ads1335
M3 - Article
C2 - 39630895
AN - SCOPUS:85211688358
SN - 2375-2548
VL - 10
JO - Science Advances
JF - Science Advances
IS - 49
M1 - eads1335
ER -