Sustainability insights from Late Pleistocene climate change and horse migration patterns

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bataille, Clement P.; Hershauer, Samantha; Justin, Wilson; Stelkia, James Aaron; Topkok, Sean Asikluk; Leonard, Beth Ginondidoy; Means, Bill; Koskey, Michael; Kapp, Joshua D.; Landry, Zoe; Fraser, Danielle; Southon, John; Lindroos, Eve E.; Hassler, Auguste; Chauvey, Lorelei; Tressieres, Gaetan; Tonasso-Calviere, Laure; Schiavinato, Stephanie; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Perdereau, Aude; Oliveira, Pedro H.; Aury, Jean-Marc; Wincker, Patrick; Kirillova, Irina V.; Vasiliev, Sergey K.; Kusliy, Mariya A.; Graphodatsky, Alexander S.; Tishkin, Alexey A.; Barnes, Ian; Druckenmiller, Pat; Jass, Christopher N.; Macphee, Ross D. E.; Barron-Ortiz, Christina I.; Groves, Pam; Mann, Dan; Froese, Duane G.; Wooller, Matthew; Miller, Joshua H.; Crowley, Brooke; Zazula, Grant; Hall, Elizabeth; Hewitson, Susan; Shapiro, Beth; Orlando, Ludovic
• 署名单位: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); CNRS - Institute of Ecology & Environment (INEE); Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier; Universites de Strasbourg Etablissements Associes; Universite de Strasbourg; University of Ottawa; Purdue University System; Purdue University; University of California System; University of California Santa Cruz; University of Alaska System; University of Alaska Fairbanks; Alaska Pacific University; University of California System; University of California Santa Cruz; Carleton University; Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of Aberdeen; CEA; Universite Paris Saclay; CEA; Universite Paris Saclay; Russian Academy of Sciences; Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Altai State University; Natural History Museum London; University of Alaska System; University of Alaska Fairbanks; University of Alaska System; University of Alaska Fairbanks; American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); University of Alaska System; University of Alaska Fairbanks; University of Alberta; University of Alaska System; University of Alaska Fairbanks; University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati; University System of Ohio; University of Cincinnati
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-9117
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adr2355
• 发表日期: 2025-05-15
• 页码: 748-755
• 关键词: late quaternary megafauna; foundation; extinction; reveal; bison

摘要

Climate affects habitat, food availability, and the movement and sustainability of all life. In this work, we apply Indigenous and Western scientific methods, including genomics and isotope profiling, on fossils from across Beringia to explore the effect of climate change on horses. We find that Late Pleistocene horses from Alaska and northern Yukon are related to populations from Eurasia and crossed the Bering land bridge multiple times during the last glacial interval. We also find deeply divergent lineages north and south of the American ice sheets that genetically influenced populations across Beringia and into Eurasia. As climate warmed and horses entered the ice-free corridor connecting Beringia and midcontinental America, restricted mobility and food availability impeded population growth. Our combined Western and Indigenous framework offers critical guidance for wildlife conservation amid ongoing climate change.