DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago
Our current understanding of the demographic history of Greenland relies on preserved fossils. Here, the authors sequence ancient DNA from four midden deposits and find a prominent role for caribou, walrus and whale species in Paleo-Inuit cultures not evident from the fossil record.
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| author | Frederik Valeur Seersholm Mikkel Winther Pedersen Martin Jensen Søe Hussein Shokry Sarah Siu Tze Mak Anthony Ruter Maanasa Raghavan William Fitzhugh Kurt H. Kjær Eske Willerslev Morten Meldgaard Christian M.O. Kapel Anders Johannes Hansen |
| author_facet | Frederik Valeur Seersholm Mikkel Winther Pedersen Martin Jensen Søe Hussein Shokry Sarah Siu Tze Mak Anthony Ruter Maanasa Raghavan William Fitzhugh Kurt H. Kjær Eske Willerslev Morten Meldgaard Christian M.O. Kapel Anders Johannes Hansen |
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| description | Our current understanding of the demographic history of Greenland relies on preserved fossils. Here, the authors sequence ancient DNA from four midden deposits and find a prominent role for caribou, walrus and whale species in Paleo-Inuit cultures not evident from the fossil record. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5a9e4ca1aa44cf8a7b9ec6275a825182022-12-21T20:34:58ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-11-01711910.1038/ncomms13389DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years agoFrederik Valeur Seersholm0Mikkel Winther Pedersen1Martin Jensen Søe2Hussein Shokry3Sarah Siu Tze Mak4Anthony Ruter5Maanasa Raghavan6William Fitzhugh7Kurt H. Kjær8Eske Willerslev9Morten Meldgaard10Christian M.O. Kapel11Anders Johannes Hansen12Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenSmithsonian InstitutionCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of CopenhagenCentre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenOur current understanding of the demographic history of Greenland relies on preserved fossils. Here, the authors sequence ancient DNA from four midden deposits and find a prominent role for caribou, walrus and whale species in Paleo-Inuit cultures not evident from the fossil record.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13389 |
| spellingShingle | Frederik Valeur Seersholm Mikkel Winther Pedersen Martin Jensen Søe Hussein Shokry Sarah Siu Tze Mak Anthony Ruter Maanasa Raghavan William Fitzhugh Kurt H. Kjær Eske Willerslev Morten Meldgaard Christian M.O. Kapel Anders Johannes Hansen DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago Nature Communications |
| title | DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago |
| title_full | DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago |
| title_fullStr | DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago |
| title_full_unstemmed | DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago |
| title_short | DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago |
| title_sort | dna evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by greenlandic paleo inuit 4 000 years ago |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13389 |
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