A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

H. Kjær, Kurt; Winther Pedersen, Mikkel; De Sanctis, Bianca; De Cahsan, Binia; Sand Korneliussen, Thorfinn; Michelsen, Christian; K. Sand, Karina; Jelavić, Stanislav; Ruter, Anthony; M. A. Schmidt, Astrid; K. Kjeldsen, Kristian; С. Тесаков, А.; Snowball, Ian; Gosse, John; Greve Alsos, Inger; Wang, Yucheng; Dockter, Christoph; Wohlfahrt Rasmussen, Magnus; Egevang Jørgensen, Morten; Skadhauge, Birgitte; Prohaska, Ana; A. Kristensen, J.; Bjerager, Morten; E. Allentoft, Morten; Coissac, Éric; Greve Alsos, Inger; Coissac, Éric; Rouillard, Alexandra; P. Simakova, A.; Fernàndez-Guerra, Antonio; Bowler, Chris; Macias‐Fauria, Marc; Vinner, Lasse; J. Welch, John; J. Hidy, Alan; Sikora, Martin; J. Collins, Matthew; Durbin, Richard; K. Larsen, Nicolaj; Willerslev, Eske

doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05453-y

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A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

Published in Nature • Dec 7, 2022

Authors:

Kurt H. Kjær

Mikkel Winther Pedersen

Bianca De Sanctis

Abstract

Abstract Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene epochs 3.6 to 0.8 million years ago 1 had climates resembling those forecasted under future warming 2 . Palaeoclimatic records show strong polar amplification with mean annual temperatures of 11–19 °C above contemporary values 3,4 . The biological communi...

Subject

Ecosystem

Environmental DNA

Ancient DNA

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