Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic

Volume: 286, Issue: 1916, Pages: 20191929 - 20191929
Published: Nov 27, 2019
Abstract
Domestic dogs have been central to life in the North American Arctic for millennia. The ancestors of the Inuit were the first to introduce the widespread usage of dog sledge transportation technology to the Americas, but whether the Inuit adopted local Palaeo-Inuit dogs or introduced a new dog population to the region remains unknown. To test these hypotheses, we generated mitochondrial DNA and geometric morphometric data of skull and dental...
Paper Details
Title
Specialized sledge dogs accompanied Inuit dispersal across the North American Arctic
Published Date
Nov 27, 2019
Journal
Volume
286
Issue
1916
Pages
20191929 - 20191929
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