Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months ago

TIL that horses went extinct in North America about 10,000 years ago. They were then reintroduced to the continent by the Spanish as early as the 1550s.

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TIL that horses went extinct in North America about 10,000 years ago. They were then reintroduced to the continent by the Spanish as early as the 1550s.

Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 11 months ago

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American Horses ~ Horses in North America: A Comeback Story | Blog | Nature | PBS

Ancient horses roamed the North American continent for millions of years. And many, many years later, horses played an integral role in building the

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Not only had they previously been here, they evolved here first and migrated out through Siberia when it still connected the continents.

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