Ancient Korean Dog Genomes from Neuk-do and Bonghwang-dong Sites

Four ancient dog genomes sequenced from archaeological sites in Korea, with average coverage ranging from 0.3× to 0.73×. The data was produced by Hyeongcheol Kim and published on figshare in May 2026. It includes genomic sequences from dogs excavated at Neuk-do (3rd century BCE–early 1st century CE) and Bonghwang-dong (4th–6th century CE).

Use Cases

• Phylogenetic analysis of dog lineages based on ancient genomic sequences.
• Investigating admixture events between Western and Eastern Eurasian dog populations.
• Principal component analysis (PCA) to distinguish ancient Korean dogs from dingo and New Guinea Singing Dog lineages.
• Calculating outgroup-f₃ statistics to assess genetic relationships.
• Studying the timing of gene flow events in dog evolutionary history.

Strengths

• Includes genomic data from four distinct ancient individuals.
• Provides specific average coverage depths (0.5×, 0.73×, 0.64×, 0.3×) for each sample.
• Samples have precise archaeological dating (3rd century BCE–early 1st century CE and 4th–6th century CE).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (9.8 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Ancient DNA sequencing of archaeological specimens.

Time Range

3rd century BCE to 6th century CE

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 17:22:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sacheon and Gimhae, Korea