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Horses in America Rewritten | Cheyenne News
New archaeological discoveries are rewriting the history of horses in North America, revealing they were present in Wyoming and other regions long before European contact—possibly as early as 1640, a full century before the Spanish are credited with reintroducing them. This challenges the traditional narrative that horses vanished after the Ice Age and only returned with Europeans, and it reshapes the debate over wild mustangs, whose “nonnative” label is now undermined by evidence of deep, ancient ties to the continent. DNA and artifact findings show horses evolved here, survived extinction…
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