Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic

William A. Marsh, Lachie Scarsbrook, Eren Yüncü, Lizzie Hodgson, Audrey T. Lin, Maria De Iorio, Olaf Thalmann, Mark G. Thomas, Mahaut Goor, Anders Bergström, Angela Noseda, Sarieh Amiri, Fereidoun Biglari, Dušan Borić, Katia Bougiouri, Alberto Carmagnini, Maddalena Giannì, Tom Higham, Ophelie Lebrasseur, Anna Linderholm, Marcello A. Mannino, Caroline Middleton, Gökhan Mustafaoğlu, Angela Perri, Joris Peters, Mike Richards, Özlem Sarıtaş, Pontus Skoglund, Rhiannon E. Stevens, Chris Stringer, Kristina Tabbada, Helen M. Talbot, Laura G. Van der Sluis, Silvia M. Bello, Vesna Dimitrijevic, Louise Martin, Marjan Mashkour, Simon A. Parfitt, Sonja Vukovic, Selina Brace, Oliver E. Craig, Douglas Baird, Sophy Charlton, Greger Larson, Ian Barnes, Laurent A. F. Frantz

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x
Published: 2026-03-25
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x,
  title = {Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic},
  author = {William A. Marsh and Lachie Scarsbrook and Eren Yüncü and Lizzie Hodgson and Audrey T. Lin and Maria De Iorio and Olaf Thalmann and Mark G. Thomas and Mahaut Goor and Anders Bergström and Angela Noseda and Sarieh Amiri and Fereidoun Biglari and Dušan Borić and Katia Bougiouri and Alberto Carmagnini and Maddalena Giannì and Tom Higham and Ophelie Lebrasseur and Anna Linderholm and Marcello A. Mannino and Caroline Middleton and Gökhan Mustafaoğlu and Angela Perri and Joris Peters and Mike Richards and Özlem Sarıtaş and Pontus Skoglund and Rhiannon E. Stevens and Chris Stringer and Kristina Tabbada and Helen M. Talbot and Laura G. Van der Sluis and Silvia M. Bello and Vesna Dimitrijevic and Louise Martin and Marjan Mashkour and Simon A. Parfitt and Sonja Vukovic and Selina Brace and Oliver E. Craig and Douglas Baird and Sophy Charlton and Greger Larson and Ian Barnes and Laurent A. F. Frantz},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature},
  doi = {10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x}
}

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TI  - Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic
AU  - William A. Marsh
AU  - Lachie Scarsbrook
AU  - Eren Yüncü
AU  - Lizzie Hodgson
AU  - Audrey T. Lin
AU  - Maria De Iorio
AU  - Olaf Thalmann
AU  - Mark G. Thomas
AU  - Mahaut Goor
AU  - Anders Bergström
AU  - Angela Noseda
AU  - Sarieh Amiri
AU  - Fereidoun Biglari
AU  - Dušan Borić
AU  - Katia Bougiouri
AU  - Alberto Carmagnini
AU  - Maddalena Giannì
AU  - Tom Higham
AU  - Ophelie Lebrasseur
AU  - Anna Linderholm
AU  - Marcello A. Mannino
AU  - Caroline Middleton
AU  - Gökhan Mustafaoğlu
AU  - Angela Perri
AU  - Joris Peters
AU  - Mike Richards
AU  - Özlem Sarıtaş
AU  - Pontus Skoglund
AU  - Rhiannon E. Stevens
AU  - Chris Stringer
AU  - Kristina Tabbada
AU  - Helen M. Talbot
AU  - Laura G. Van der Sluis
AU  - Silvia M. Bello
AU  - Vesna Dimitrijevic
AU  - Louise Martin
AU  - Marjan Mashkour
AU  - Simon A. Parfitt
AU  - Sonja Vukovic
AU  - Selina Brace
AU  - Oliver E. Craig
AU  - Douglas Baird
AU  - Sophy Charlton
AU  - Greger Larson
AU  - Ian Barnes
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Marsh, W. A., Scarsbrook, L., Yüncü, E., Hodgson, L., Lin, A. T., Iorio, M. D., Thalmann, O., Thomas, M. G., Goor, M., Bergström, A., Noseda, A., Amiri, S., Biglari, F., Borić, D., Bougiouri, K., Carmagnini, A., Giannì, M., Higham, T., Lebrasseur, O., Linderholm, A., Mannino, M. A., Middleton, C., Mustafaoğlu, G., Perri, A., Peters, J., Richards, M., Sarıtaş, Ö., Skoglund, P., Stevens, R. E., Stringer, C., Tabbada, K., Talbot, H. M., Sluis, L. G. V. D., Bello, S. M., Dimitrijevic, V., Martin, L., Mashkour, M., Parfitt, S. A., Vukovic, S., Brace, S., Craig, O. E., Baird, D., Charlton, S., Larson, G., Barnes, I., & Frantz, L. A. F. (2026). Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10170-x

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