Ancient European dog genomes reveal continuity since the Early Neolithic

Laura R. Botigué, Shiya Song, Amelie Scheu, Shyamalika Gopalan, Amanda L. Pendleton, Matthew Oetjens, Angela M. Taravella, Timo Seregély, Andrea Zeeb-Lanz, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Dean Bobo, Kevin Daly, Martina Unterländer, Joachim Burger, Jeffrey M. Kidd and Krishna R. Veeramah ()
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Laura R. Botigué: Stony Brook University
Shiya Song: University of Michigan
Amelie Scheu: Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Shyamalika Gopalan: Stony Brook University
Amanda L. Pendleton: University of Michigan
Matthew Oetjens: University of Michigan
Angela M. Taravella: University of Michigan
Timo Seregély: Institute of Archaeology, Heritage Sciences and Art History, University of Bamberg
Andrea Zeeb-Lanz: Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz, Direktion Landesarchäologie, Außenstelle Speyer
Rose-Marie Arbogast: CNRS UMR 7044-UDS
Dean Bobo: Stony Brook University
Kevin Daly: Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
Martina Unterländer: Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Joachim Burger: Palaeogenetics Group, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Jeffrey M. Kidd: University of Michigan
Krishna R. Veeramah: Stony Brook University

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Europe has played a major role in dog evolution, harbouring the oldest uncontested Palaeolithic remains and having been the centre of modern dog breed creation. Here we sequence the genomes of an Early and End Neolithic dog from Germany, including a sample associated with an early European farming community. Both dogs demonstrate continuity with each other and predominantly share ancestry with modern European dogs, contradicting a previously suggested Late Neolithic population replacement. We find no genetic evidence to support the recent hypothesis proposing dual origins of dog domestication. By calibrating the mutation rate using our oldest dog, we narrow the timing of dog domestication to 20,000–40,000 years ago. Interestingly, we do not observe the extreme copy number expansion of the AMY2B gene characteristic of modern dogs that has previously been proposed as an adaptation to a starch-rich diet driven by the widespread adoption of agriculture in the Neolithic.

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