Man’s best friend has been our faithful companion for thousands of years. Recently, however, researchers have realized that this inseparability means the DNA of Greenland’s sled dogs, called Qimmit, ...

A study published on July 10 in the journal Science maps the path of Greenland sled dogs from their ancient origins to the present day. Researchers sequenced the genomes of 92 dogs from regions of ...

Genomic insights into Greenland's iconic sled dog reveal a rich history of Inuit migration and Arctic adaptation, according to a new study. The findings provide a crucial guide for preserving the ...

The Greenland sled dog, or Qimmeq (plural Qimmit), is one of the few breeds that can still be found pulling a sled. They have been much more isolated genetically than other traditional sled dogs ...

Greenland dogs traveling with Inuit hunters over the frozen fjords of East Greenland. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Researchers analyzed the DNA of 92 Greenland sled dogs, both living and long deceased.

DNA From Greenland Sled Dogs – Maybe The World's Oldest Breed – Reveals 1,000 Years Of Arctic History Using the DNA from both modern dogs and ones found at archaeological sites, researchers ...

Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...

Greenland sled dogs can trace their origins back nearly 10,000 years. The Iditarod is the longest annual sled dog race– covering over 1,500 miles across Alaska.

A genomic analysis of Greenland’s Qimmeq dogs suggest they and their human partners arrived on the island centuries earlier than previously thought.

Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years. Sled dogs in Greenland do not share much of their DNA with wolves ...

Their dog genomes offer rare insights into dog evolution, tracing back to early domesticated dogs and diverging long before the rise of many modern breeds. From the Carolina Dog of North America to ...