Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene

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Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene. / Antonosyan, Mariya; Seersholm, Frederik V.; Grealy, Alicia C.; Barham, Milo; Werndly, Daniel; Margaryan, Ashot; Cieślik, Agata; Stafford, Thomas W.; Allentoft, Morten E.; Bunce, Michael; Yepiskoposyan, Levon.

In: Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 219, 2019, p. 102-111.

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Antonosyan, M, Seersholm, FV, Grealy, AC, Barham, M, Werndly, D, Margaryan, A, Cieślik, A, Stafford, TW, Allentoft, ME, Bunce, M & Yepiskoposyan, L 2019, 'Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 219, pp. 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.012

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Antonosyan, M., Seersholm, F. V., Grealy, A. C., Barham, M., Werndly, D., Margaryan, A., Cieślik, A., Stafford, T. W., Allentoft, M. E., Bunce, M., & Yepiskoposyan, L. (2019). Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 219, 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.012

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Antonosyan M, Seersholm FV, Grealy AC, Barham M, Werndly D, Margaryan A et al. Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019;219:102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.012

Author

Antonosyan, Mariya ; Seersholm, Frederik V. ; Grealy, Alicia C. ; Barham, Milo ; Werndly, Daniel ; Margaryan, Ashot ; Cieślik, Agata ; Stafford, Thomas W. ; Allentoft, Morten E. ; Bunce, Michael ; Yepiskoposyan, Levon. / Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene. In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019 ; Vol. 219. pp. 102-111.

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title = "Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene",
abstract = "In this study, we explore the Late Pleistocene (LP) vertebrate faunal diversity in south-eastern Lesser Caucasus based on morphological and genetic identification of fossil bones from Karin Tak cave. For the first time in this under-studied region, we used a bulk bone metabarcoding genetic approach to complement traditional morphology-based taxonomic identifications that are hampered by highly fragmented fossil bones. Excellent ancient DNA (aDNA) preservation allowed for a successful species identification of many bone remains and improved paleoenvironmental interpretations for the region. The aDNA identification of fossil bones revealed a high diversity of animal taxa inhabiting the region between ca. > 42,000 and 25,683–24,803 calibrated years before present (cal. BP).",
keywords = "Ancient DNA, Biodiversity, Bulk bone metabarcoding, Karin tak cave, Late pleistocene, Lesser Caucasus, Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction",
author = "Mariya Antonosyan and Seersholm, {Frederik V.} and Grealy, {Alicia C.} and Milo Barham and Daniel Werndly and Ashot Margaryan and Agata Cie{\'s}lik and Stafford, {Thomas W.} and Allentoft, {Morten E.} and Michael Bunce and Levon Yepiskoposyan",
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RIS

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AU - Antonosyan, Mariya

AU - Seersholm, Frederik V.

AU - Grealy, Alicia C.

AU - Barham, Milo

AU - Werndly, Daniel

AU - Margaryan, Ashot

AU - Cieślik, Agata

AU - Stafford, Thomas W.

AU - Allentoft, Morten E.

AU - Bunce, Michael

AU - Yepiskoposyan, Levon

PY - 2019

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N2 - In this study, we explore the Late Pleistocene (LP) vertebrate faunal diversity in south-eastern Lesser Caucasus based on morphological and genetic identification of fossil bones from Karin Tak cave. For the first time in this under-studied region, we used a bulk bone metabarcoding genetic approach to complement traditional morphology-based taxonomic identifications that are hampered by highly fragmented fossil bones. Excellent ancient DNA (aDNA) preservation allowed for a successful species identification of many bone remains and improved paleoenvironmental interpretations for the region. The aDNA identification of fossil bones revealed a high diversity of animal taxa inhabiting the region between ca. > 42,000 and 25,683–24,803 calibrated years before present (cal. BP).

AB - In this study, we explore the Late Pleistocene (LP) vertebrate faunal diversity in south-eastern Lesser Caucasus based on morphological and genetic identification of fossil bones from Karin Tak cave. For the first time in this under-studied region, we used a bulk bone metabarcoding genetic approach to complement traditional morphology-based taxonomic identifications that are hampered by highly fragmented fossil bones. Excellent ancient DNA (aDNA) preservation allowed for a successful species identification of many bone remains and improved paleoenvironmental interpretations for the region. The aDNA identification of fossil bones revealed a high diversity of animal taxa inhabiting the region between ca. > 42,000 and 25,683–24,803 calibrated years before present (cal. BP).

KW - Ancient DNA

KW - Biodiversity

KW - Bulk bone metabarcoding

KW - Karin tak cave

KW - Late pleistocene

KW - Lesser Caucasus

KW - Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.012

DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.012

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AN - SCOPUS:85069444524

VL - 219

SP - 102

EP - 111

JO - Quaternary Science Reviews

JF - Quaternary Science Reviews

SN - 0277-3791

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