Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski’s horses

Gaunitz, Charleen; Fages, Antoine; Hanghøj, Kristian; Albrechtsen, Anders; Khan, Naveed; Schubert, Mikkel; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; J. Owens, Ivy; Felkel, Sabine; Bignon-Lau, Olivier; de Barros Damgaard, Peter; Mittnik, Alissa; F. Mohaseb, Azadeh; Davoudi, Hossein; Alquraishi, Saleh; H. Alfarhan, Ahmed; A. S. Al-Rasheid, Khaled; Crubézy, Eric; Benecke, Norbert; Olsen, Sandra; Brown, Dorcas; Anthony, David; Massy, Ken; Pitulko, Vladimir; Kasparov, Aleksei; Brem, Gottfried; Hofreiter, Michael; Mukhtarova, Gulmira; Baimukhanov, Nurbol; Lõugas, Lembi; Onar, Vedat; W. Stockhammer, Philipp; Krause, Johannes; Boldgiv, Bazartseren; Undrakhbold, Sainbileg; Erdenebaatar, Diimaajav; Lepetz, Sébastien; Mashkour, Marjan; Ludwig, Arne; Wallner, Barbara; Merz, Victor; Merz, Ilja; Zaibert, Viktor; Willerslev, Eske; Librado, Pablo; K. Outram, Alan; Orlando, Ludovic

doi:10.1126/science.aao3297

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Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski’s horses

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Authors:

Charleen Gaunitz

Antoine Fages

Kristian Hanghøj

Abstract

Revisiting the origins of modern horses The domestication of horses was very important in the history of humankind. However, the ancestry of modern horses and the location and timing of their emergence remain unclear. Gaunitz et al. generated 42 ancient-horse genomes. Their source samples included t...

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