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Greenland's relatively isolated indigenous culture finds itself increasingly exposed to the world just as Trump pushes to ...
Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a ...
Curtis Mesher knew he wanted to be a lawyer ever since he was a child. His family was involved in numerous Inuit ...
Centuries-old DNA has confirmed that Greenland ’s sledge dog Qimmit is the oldest yet known domesticated dog breed, a ...
The histories of sled dogs and humans in the Arctic have been intricately linked for thousands of years, so it is no surprise ...
Greenland sled dogs, known asQimmeq in Greenlandic, have long played a vital role in the Arctic, assisting Inuit people in the harshest of environments. But new DNA analysis of both modern and ancient ...
A new study in Science uses ancient and modern DNA to tell the Qimmeq’s story. It’s a story not just about dogs, but also ...
Different governments have taken different approaches to this competition. Norway is trying to replace immigrants with the ...
For centuries, Denmark has presented itself as a good colonial power in Greenland. But, over time, the dark history of a ...
Genomic data shed light on how populations of sled dogs — and their human handlers — have shifted over past 800 years.
Throughout their long history, Qimmit have remained working dogs–still almost exclusively bred by mushers to pull sleds for ...
Using the DNA from both modern dogs and ones found at archaeological sites, researchers have been able to explore the longest ...