e9967780 t1_isk3y6k wrote on October 16, 2022 at 4:18 PM

Reply to comment by william1Bastard in Ancient DNA provides insights into 4,000 years of resource economy across Greenland. Early inhabitants of Greenland hunted more than 40 animal species, including some of the largest whales on Earth and a petite, now-extinct reindeer subspecies, according to DNA analysis. by MistWeaver80

As a non scientist, this is good enough for me. If I want to know more about it, I’ll go to university library and get more information. This was astounding information.

> Furthermore, we identify a new haplotype in caribou (Rangifer tarandus), suggesting the presence of a distinct lineage of (now extinct) dwarfed caribou in Greenland 3,000 years ago.