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minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-22 months 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-up11·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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-up4·2 months agoI mean, if dogs get their own specie classification from their ancestor. Sure why not horses.
minus-squareSineljora@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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.