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minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-25 days agoHorses are native to the americas. They evolved there and spreaded to asia but went extinct in america around the end of the ice age.
minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days ago They evolved there and spreaded to asia but went extinct in america around the end of the ice age. They were too tasty for their own good.
minus-squarePyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoWould it be unfair to say the horses that were there are a different species than those imported by the Spanish?
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI mean, if dogs get their own specie classification from their ancestor. Sure why not horses.
minus-squareSineljora@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoOnly if you’d say Native American humans are another species.
Horses are native to the americas. They evolved there and spreaded to asia but went extinct in america around the end of the ice age.
They were too tasty for their own good.
Would it be unfair to say the horses that were there are a different species than those imported by the Spanish?
I mean, if dogs get their own specie classification from their ancestor. Sure why not horses.
Only if you’d say Native American humans are another species.