A refined proposal for the origin of dogs: the case study of Gnirshöhle, a Magdalenian cave site

Autor: Charlotte Leduc, Olaf Thalmann, Nicholas J. Conard, Christian Verjux, Chris Baumann, Abagail M. Breidenstein, Martyna Molak, Dorothée G. Drucker, Susanne C. Münzel, Ella Reiter, Saskia Pfrengle, Claus-Joachim Kind, Liane Giemsch, Verena J. Schuenemann, Hervé Bocherens, Gerd Albrecht, Tatiana R. Feuerborn
Přispěvatelé: University of Tübingen, Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), University of Warsaw (UW), Markgräflerland-Museum Society, State Office for Cultural Heritage Baden-Württemberg, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Centre-Val de Loire (DRAC Centre-Val de Loire), Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap), Trajectoires - UMR 8215, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt, Poznan University of Medical Sciences [Poland] (PUMS), University of Zurich, Baumann, Chris, Pfrengle, Saskia, Schuenemann, Verena J
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, pp.5137. ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-83719-7⟩
Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
Baumann, C, Pfrengle, S, Muenzel, S C, Molak, M, Feuerborn, T R, Breidenstein, A, Reiter, E, Albrecht, G, Kind, C-J, Verjux, C, Leduc, C, Conard, N J, Drucker, D G, Giemsch, L, Thalmann, O, Bocherens, H & Schuenemann, V J 2021, ' A refined proposal for the origin of dogs : the case study of Gnirshohle, a Magdalenian cave site ', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 5137 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83719-7
ISSN: 2045-2322
Popis: Dogs are known to be the oldest animals domesticated by humans. Although many studies have examined wolf domestication, the geographic and temporal origin of this process is still being debated. To address this issue, our study sheds new light on the early stages of wolf domestication during the Magdalenian period (16–14 ka cal BP) in the Hegau Jura region (Southwestern Germany and Switzerland). By combining morphology, genetics, and isotopes, our multidisciplinary approach helps to evaluate alternate processes driving the early phases of domestication. The isotope analysis uncovered a restricted, low δ15N protein diet for all analyzed Gnirshöhle specimens, while morphological examinations and phylogenetic relationships did not unequivocally assign them to one or the other canid lineage. Intriguingly, the newly generated mitochondrial canid genomes span the entire genetic diversity of modern dogs and wolves. Such high mitochondrial diversity could imply that Magdalenian people tamed and reared animals originating from different wolf lineages. We discuss our results in light of three ecological hypotheses and conclude that both domestication and the existence of a specialized wolf ecomorph are highly probable. However, due to their proximity to humans and a restricted diet, we propose domestication as the most likely scenario explaining the patterns observed herein.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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