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plinythebitchy t1_jcsnqsq wrote

Reply to comment by horsetuna in How different were the first horses domesticated by humans compared to modern horses? by clacker96

Could you link the one on evolution in the Americas, too?

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GeriatricHydralisk t1_jct5ayu wrote

False, horses evolved in the Americas first, and precursor species as well as modern horses repeatedly migrated across the land bridge to Eurasia.

Then, about 12,000 years ago, they all died out in America, a long with all the other native Megafauna, right around the time a certain species with tools, fire, and a reputation to eating things into extinction showed up.

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