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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 47 points 7 months ago

See the interesting thing is African megafauna evolved to be able to somewhat counterplay this, that's why they ain't extinct like megafauna everywhere else ended up going.

The horse was indigenous to North America before it was hunted to extinction there, making the age of exploration inadvertently one of the first ever native species repopulation projects.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 7 months ago

The horse was indigenous to North America before it was hunted to extinction there

Source? Not that I'm not believing what you said, but rather is the first time I've read about this and I would like to read some more.

[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 6 points 7 months ago

I didn't know about the horse thing, I'm assuming they didn't consider them as transportation?

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Too small at the time, it took a concerted breeding program for ancient steppe peoples to first breed horses able to pull chariots, and then big enough to be ridden.

Humans have been migrating over the world for tens of thousands of years and yet the horse was first able to be used for transportation about 4 thousand years ago.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/ancient-horse.htm#:~:text=Equus%20scotti%20had%20a%20close,or%20hoof%2C%20like%20modern%20horses.

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