Nature Communications (Oct 2016)
Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison
- Julien Soubrier,
- Graham Gower,
- Kefei Chen,
- Stephen M. Richards,
- Bastien Llamas,
- Kieren J. Mitchell,
- Simon Y. W. Ho,
- Pavel Kosintsev,
- Michael S. Y. Lee,
- Gennady Baryshnikov,
- Ruth Bollongino,
- Pere Bover,
- Joachim Burger,
- David Chivall,
- Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure,
- Jared E. Decker,
- Vladimir B. Doronichev,
- Katerina Douka,
- Damien A. Fordham,
- Federica Fontana,
- Carole Fritz,
- Jan Glimmerveen,
- Liubov V. Golovanova,
- Colin Groves,
- Antonio Guerreschi,
- Wolfgang Haak,
- Tom Higham,
- Emilia Hofman-Kamińska,
- Alexander Immel,
- Marie-Anne Julien,
- Johannes Krause,
- Oleksandra Krotova,
- Frauke Langbein,
- Greger Larson,
- Adam Rohrlach,
- Amelie Scheu,
- Robert D. Schnabel,
- Jeremy F. Taylor,
- Małgorzata Tokarska,
- Gilles Tosello,
- Johannes van der Plicht,
- Ayla van Loenen,
- Jean-Denis Vigne,
- Oliver Wooley,
- Ludovic Orlando,
- Rafał Kowalczyk,
- Beth Shapiro,
- Alan Cooper
Affiliations
- Julien Soubrier
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Graham Gower
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Kefei Chen
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Stephen M. Richards
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Bastien Llamas
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Kieren J. Mitchell
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Simon Y. W. Ho
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
- Pavel Kosintsev
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Michael S. Y. Lee
- School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University
- Gennady Baryshnikov
- Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya 1
- Ruth Bollongino
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, University of Mainz
- Pere Bover
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Joachim Burger
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, University of Mainz
- David Chivall
- Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford
- Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure
- Museum Requien
- Jared E. Decker
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri
- Vladimir B. Doronichev
- ANO Laboratory of Prehistory
- Katerina Douka
- Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford
- Damien A. Fordham
- Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Federica Fontana
- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- Carole Fritz
- CNRS, TRACES, UMR 5608 et CREAP, MSHS Toulouse, USR 3414, Maison de la Recherche
- Jan Glimmerveen
- CERPOLEX/Mammuthus, Anna Paulownastraat 25A
- Liubov V. Golovanova
- ANO Laboratory of Prehistory
- Colin Groves
- School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University
- Antonio Guerreschi
- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara
- Wolfgang Haak
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Tom Higham
- Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford
- Emilia Hofman-Kamińska
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Alexander Immel
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Marie-Anne Julien
- Department of Archaeology, Centre for the Archaeology of Human Origins, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus
- Johannes Krause
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Oleksandra Krotova
- Department of Stone Age, Institute of Archaeology, National Ukrainian Academy of Science
- Frauke Langbein
- Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Archaeo and Palaeogenetics, University of Tübingen
- Greger Larson
- Palaeogenomics and Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology
- Adam Rohrlach
- School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide
- Amelie Scheu
- Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Anthropology, University of Mainz
- Robert D. Schnabel
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri
- Jeremy F. Taylor
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri
- Małgorzata Tokarska
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Gilles Tosello
- Chercheur associé, CREAP, MSHS Toulouse, URS 3414, Maison de la Recherche
- Johannes van der Plicht
- Centre for Isotope Research, Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Groningen
- Ayla van Loenen
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Jean-Denis Vigne
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, UMR7209, ‘Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements’, CP56
- Oliver Wooley
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- Ludovic Orlando
- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- Rafał Kowalczyk
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Beth Shapiro
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz
- Alan Cooper
- Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13158
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
The ancestry of the European bison (wisent) remains a mystery. Here, Cooper and colleagues examine ancient DNA from fossil remains of extinct bison, and reveal the wisent originated through the hybridization of the extinct Steppe bison and ancestors of modern cattle.
