Although the first ancient DNA molecules were extracted more than three decades ago, the
first ancient nuclear genomes could only be characterized after high-throughput sequencing …

The domestication of animals led to a major shift in human subsistence patterns, from a
hunter–gatherer to a sedentary agricultural lifestyle, which ultimately resulted in the …

Dogs were the first domestic animal, but little is known about their population history and to
what extent it was linked to humans. We sequenced 27 ancient dog genomes and found that …

Advances in the isolation and sequencing of ancient DNA have begun to reveal the
population histories of both people and dogs. Over the last 10,000 y, the genetic signatures …

In less than a decade, analyses of ancient genomes have transformed our understanding of
the Indigenous peopling and population history of the Americas. These studies have shown …

Dogs perform a variety of integral roles in our society, engaging in work ranging from
assistance (eg service dogs, guide dogs) and therapy to detection (eg search and rescue …

Ancestral Coast Salish societies in the Pacific Northwest kept long-haired “woolly dogs” that
were bred and cared for over millennia. However, the dog wool–weaving tradition declined …

Dogs have been essential to life in the Siberian Arctic for over 9,500 y, and this tight link
between people and dogs continues in Siberian communities. Although Arctic Siberian …

The success and failure of past cultures across the Arctic was tightly coupled to the ability of
past peoples to exploit the full range of resources available to them. There is substantial …

The oldest confirmed remains of domestic dogs in North America are from mid-continent
archaeological sites dated approximately 9900 calibrated years before present (cal BP) …