New DNA analysis reveals untold story of horses in America

Horses first evolved in the Americas around 4 million years ago. • Via Inverse via The Conversation » FEW places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the popular imagination than the Great Plains of North America. Romanticized stories of cowboys and the Wild West figure prominently in popular culture, and domestic…

Ancient horse DNA reveals gene flow between North American and Eurasian horses

New findings show connections between the ancient horse populations in North America, where horses evolved, and Eurasia, where they were domesticated. By UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA CRUZ MAY 19, 2021 Cross-posted from SciTechDaily.com » A new study of ancient DNA from horse fossils found in North America and Eurasia shows that horse populations on the two…

Indian horses before Columbus

We were sent a link to this article, which we introduce to you below. It comes from the MarcoPoloinSeattle.com website. There are many scholarly and scientific theories on the origin and evolution of horses in North America. Which one do you rely on? According to most leading scholars in history, anthropology and geography, none of…

Drugs and Horse Racing: Shades of Gray and the Triangle of Deceit

Special Report WRITTEN BY JANE ALLIN Shades of Gray A recent Paulick Report article, “Racing Medication and Its 'Shades of Gray'” authored by veterinarian Scott Palmer, Director of the New Jersey Equine Clinic and former chairman of the AAEP’s Racing Committee, is somewhat amusing as it alludes to the notion that North America is close…