| 论文题目: | Ancient Genomes Reveal Tropical Bovid Species in the Tibetan Plateau Contributed to the Prevalence of Hunting Game until the Late Neolithic |
| 作者: | Ningbo Chen , Lele Ren, Linyao Du, Jiawen Hou, Victoria E Mullin, Duo Wu, Xueye Zhao, Chunmei Li, Jiahui Huang , Xuebin Qi, Marco Rosario Capodiferro, Alessandro Achilli, Chuzhao Lei, Fahu Chen, Bing Su, Guanghui Dong, Xiaoming Zhang |
| 联系作者: | sub@mail.kiz.ac.cn |
| 发表年度: | 2020 |
| DOI: | doi: 10.1073/pnas.2011696117 |
| 摘要: | Local wild bovids have been determined to be important prey on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (NETP), where hunting game was a major subsistence strategy until the late Neolithic, when farming lifestyles dominated in the neighboring Loess Plateau. However, the species affiliation and population ecology of these prehistoric wild bovids in the prehistoric NETP remain unknown. Ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis is highly informative in decoding this puzzle. Here, we applied aDNA analysis to fragmented bovid and rhinoceros specimens dating ～5,200 y B.P. from the Neolithic site of Shannashuzha located in the marginal area of the NETP. Utilizing both whole genomes and mitochondrial DNA, our results demonstrate that the range of the present-day tropical gaur (Bos gaurus) extended as far north as the margins of the NETP during the late Neolithic from ～29°N to ～34°N. Furthermore, comparative analysis with zooarchaeological and paleoclimatic evidence indicated that a high summer temperature in the late Neolithic might have facilitated the northward expansion of tropical animals (at least gaur and Sumatran-like rhinoceros) to the NETP. This enriched the diversity of wildlife, thus providing abundant hunting resources for humans and facilitating the exploration of the Tibetan Plateau as one of the last habitats for hunting game in East Asia |
| 刊物名称: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA |
| 论文出处: | https://www.pnas.org/content/117/45/28150.long |
| 影响因子: | 9.412(2019IF) |
