A detailed life history of a pleistocene steppe bison (Bison priscus) skeleton unearthed in Arctic Alaska

Funck, Juliette; Heintzman, Peter D.; Murray, Gemma G. R.; Shapiro, Beth; McKinney, Holly J.; Huchet, Jean‐Bernard; Bigelow, Nancy H.; Druckenmiller, Patrick; Wooller, Matthew J.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106578

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“…In this study, we detected a Late Pleistocene presence of this haplogroup in northeastern China ( Figure 2 and Figure 3 ), which is indeed south of the location where it was first discovered. In addition, investigation of numerous bison samples from Eurasia and the American continent did not detect additional haplogroup C individuals [ 10 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 60 , 61 ]. Therefore, haplogroup C might represent a relatively isolated lineage compared to haplogroup B, but its past geographical distribution range still remains unclear due to the very limited number of fossils that were so far found to carry haplogroup C.…”

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“…In recent years, many genetic studies have been performed on steppe bison remains from Europe, Siberia and North America [ 3 , 10 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Earlier maternal phylogenetic analyses indicated that the analyzed specimens represented a relatively homogeneous population, that is, all samples analyzed clustered into the main bison mitochondrial clade [ 10 , 18 ].…”

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Paleogenomes Reveal a Complex Evolutionary History of Late Pleistocene Bison in Northeastern China

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Zhao

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Steppe bison are a typical representative of the Mid-Late Pleistocene steppes of the northern hemisphere. Despite the abundance of fossil remains, many questions related to their genetic diversity, population structure and dispersal route are still elusive. Here, we present both near-complete and partial mitochondrial genomes, as well as a partial nuclear genome from fossil bison samples excavated from Late Pleistocene strata in northeastern China. Maximum-likelihood and Bayesian trees both suggest the bison clade are divided into three maternal haplogroups (A, B and C), and Chinese individuals fall in two of them. Bayesian analysis shows that the split between haplogroup C and the ancestor of haplogroups A and B dates at 326 ky BP (95% HPD: 397-264 ky BP). In addition, our nuclear phylogenomic tree also supports a basal position for the individual carrying haplogroup C. Admixture analyses suggest that CADG467 (haplogroup C) has a similar genetic structure to steppe bison from Siberia (haplogroup B). Our new findings indicate that the genetic diversity of Pleistocene bison was probably even higher than previously thought and that northeastern Chinese populations of several mammalian species, including Pleistocene bison, were genetically distinct.

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Paleogenomes Reveal a Complex Evolutionary History of Late Pleistocene Bison in Northeastern China

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Zhao

Zhang

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“…This is because the Y-chromosome sequence confirms a close relationship to American bison, while the mitochondrial genome, surprisingly, is more similar to the mitogenome of Bos primigenius/taurus. Although some ancient genome-wide sequence data, with the potential to resolve this issue, have been published [129,138,139,145,146], the evolutionary history of the European bison, and the reason for the discordance, remain a contested issue [120].…”

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“…We are convinced that this type of integrated analysis can be used not only to relate reconstructions of the palaeoenvironment to the diet and behaviour (e.g., propensity to migrate) of extinct species, but also to investigate relationships between differences in behaviour (and the persisted integrity) of different genetic lineages. So far, with the exception of [138], such studies have mainly been conducted on individual exceptionally preserved specimens (e.g., [134,146]).…”

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Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches

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Starting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to now include lipids, whole genomes, proteomes, and even epigenomes. At an unprecedented resolution, the study of ancient biomolecules has made it possible for us to disentangle the complex processes that shaped the ancient faunal diversity across millennia, with the potential to aid in implicating probable causes of species extinction and how humans impacted the genetics and ecology of wild and domestic species. However, even now, few studies explore interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches to reveal ancient faunal diversity dynamics in relation to environmental and anthropogenic impact. This review will approach how biomolecules have been implemented in a broad variety of topics and species, from the extinct Pleistocene megafauna to ancient wild and domestic stocks, as well as how their future use has the potential to offer an enhanced understanding of drivers of past faunal diversity on Earth.

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“…For example, strontium isotope studies focused on human or animal remains will greatly benefit from further integration with ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis. In paleoecology, aDNA often provides a "broad brush" biogeographic context that can form the basis for testable hypotheses of faunal and human movement using 1 https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-project-grants/pleistoherd-integrativeapproaches-late-pleistocene-herbivore-ecology strontium isotopes (e.g., Funck et al, 2020;Vershinina et al, 2021). Genetic data can also provide important information about individual samples, such as sex, which may be highly relevant to movement studies (e.g., Wooller et al, 2021).…”

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Silver Linings at the Dawn of a “Golden Age”

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Nearly four decades after the first applications of strontium isotope analyses in archaeology and paleoecology research, it could be said that we are entering a “Golden Age”. Here, we reflect on major past developments and current strengths in strontium isotope research, as well as speculate on future directions. We review (1) the currently limited number of (but much needed) controlled feeding experiments, (2) recent advances in isoscape mapping and spatial assignment, and (3) the strength of multi-proxy approaches (including both the integration of strontium isotopes with other isotope systems and complementary techniques such as ancient DNA analyses). We also explore the integration of strontium isotope research with other types of paleoecological or archaeology data, as well as with evidence and interpretative frameworks from other fields (such as conservation ecology, conservation paleobiology or history). This blending is critical as we seek to advance the field beyond simply distinguishing local or relatively sedentary individuals from those that were non-local or highly mobile. We finish with a call for future research centered on balancing methodological developments and novel applications with critical self-reflection, deeper theoretical considerations and cross-disciplinarity.

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A detailed life history of a pleistocene steppe bison (Bison priscus) skeleton unearthed in Arctic Alaska

Cited by 11 publications

References 154 publications

Paleogenomes Reveal a Complex Evolutionary History of Late Pleistocene Bison in Northeastern China

Paleogenomes Reveal a Complex Evolutionary History of Late Pleistocene Bison in Northeastern China

Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches

Silver Linings at the Dawn of a “Golden Age”

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