Taming the late Quaternary phylogeography of the Eurasiatic wild ass through ancient and modern DNA
Fig 5
Ancient representations of the Eurasiatic wild asses.
A: Comparison of the “Panel of the hemione” from the Lascaux cave, France (photo & copyright*: J.-M. Geneste, Centre National de Préhistoire-MCC) with a Dziggetai from the southeastern Gobi in Mongolia (photo & copyright*: P. Kaczensky). B: Engraving of a presumed hydruntine in the cave “Les Trois Frères”, Grottes des Volpes, France (photo modified from an original of Robert Begouën by selective contrasting to enhance the visibility of the carving; original photo & copyright*: R. Begouën), and graphical reconstruction of a hydruntine based on prehistoric engravings as well as the morphological and genetic results presented here (drawing and copyright*: Erich Pucher). C: Comparison of an engraving of a presumed hydruntine on a pendant in the cave of Putois, France (photo & copyright*: Ph. Jugie, Musée National de Préhistoire MNP, Les Eyzies, Dist.RMN) with an onager from Touran, Iran (photo & copyright*: Gertrud & Helmut Denzau). D: Depiction of a hunt scene of presumable hydruntines on a vessel from the Late Neolithic site of Köşk Höyük in Anatolia (photo & copyright*: Aliye Öztan). *Reprinted under a CC BY license, with permission from the copyright holders mentioned above.