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Scientists want to clone this extinct, frozen prehistoric horse
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| Sept 6, 2018
| James Rogers
Posted on 09/06/2018 11:25:20 AM PDT by ETL
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In this image made from video, scientists examine the remains of a horse in Yakutia, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Russian scientists have found the carcass of an ancient foal
perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost. The fossil discovered in the region of Yakutia has its skin, hair, hooves and tail preserved. Scientists from Russia's Northeast Federal
University said Thursday that the foal is estimated to be 30,000 to 40,000 years old.
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:25:20 AM PDT
by
ETL
To: ETL
I've been following this story for awhile now. Here's an artist's rendition of what the cloned horse would look like.
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:28:23 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: Leaning Right
That's the head here's what the other end would look like:
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:30:38 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: All
The evolution of the horse occurred over a period of 50 million years, transforming the small, dog-sized, forest-dwelling Eohippus into the modern horse.
Paleozoologists have been able to piece together a more complete outline of the modern horses evolutionary lineage than that of any other animal.
The horse belongs to the order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates), the members of which all share hooved feet and an odd number of toes on each foot, as well as mobile upper lips and a similar tooth structure. This means that horses share a common ancestry with tapirs and rhinoceroses.
The perissodactyls arose in the late Paleocene, less than 10 million years after the CretaceousPaleogene extinction event. This group of animals appears to have been originally specialized for life in tropical forests, but whereas tapirs and, to some extent, rhinoceroses, retained their jungle specializations, modern horses are adapted to life on drier land, in the much-harsher climatic conditions of the steppes. Other species of Equus are adapted to a variety of intermediate conditions.
The early ancestors of the modern horse walked on several spread-out toes, an accommodation to life spent walking on the soft, moist grounds of primeval forests.
As grass species began to appear and flourish, the equids diets shifted from foliage to grasses, leading to larger and more durable teeth. At the same time, as the steppes began to appear, the horses predecessors needed to be capable of greater speeds to outrun predators. This was attained through the lengthening of limbs and the lifting of some toes from the ground in such a way that the weight of the body was gradually placed on one of the longest toes, the third.
http://prehistoricflorida.org/product/fossil-product-test/
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:32:50 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:33:02 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:35:16 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
To: bigbob
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:37:41 AM PDT
by
9422WMR
To: ETL
Of course, these adaptations were not by choice or will but by natural selection and occasional mutation, part of Darwin’s “theory.”
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09/06/2018 11:41:09 AM PDT
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luvbach1
(I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
To: Leaning Right
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09/06/2018 11:43:51 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: All
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posted on
09/06/2018 11:49:40 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
...and at the finish line it's Thaw Before Serving by a nose...
To: 9422WMR
frozen prehistoric horse...
The Other Other Other Other White Meat
To: Leaning Right
Your post is in the top ten reasons why Freerepublic should have a “Like” button.
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posted on
09/06/2018 12:17:26 PM PDT
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama was slapping on all those police agencies.)
To: ETL
He looks so sad. Why the long face?
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09/06/2018 12:25:27 PM PDT
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j.havenfarm
( 1,500 posts as of 8/10/18. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
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posted on
09/06/2018 12:26:24 PM PDT
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Jaded
(Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
To: ETL
But, but, but...you mean animals evolved & went extinct due to climate change BEFORE humans walked the Earth?
Whooda thunk. /s
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09/06/2018 12:53:02 PM PDT
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logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: ETL
What could possibly go wrong with bringing extinct species back from extinction. and Of course scientist will always do the moral, ethical , smart things. {sarc}
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posted on
09/06/2018 2:20:51 PM PDT
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dirtymac
To: dirtymac
Seen a NatGeo type story last month about a uber rich guy in Argentina who fancies himself a superstar and owns his own polo team of horses. Over 20 cloned horses that are all exactly the same. Physically and genetically superior to every other horse in the league. Im sure he didnt do it all himself.
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09/06/2018 3:16:37 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Splodeyhead is the only cure for MAGAphobia)
To: Delta 21
a uber rich guy in Argentina who fancies himself a superstar and owns his own polo team of horses. Ed Norton: reading from a script, as he helps Ralph rehearse] "I don't possess a mansion, a villa in France, a yacht, or a string of poloponies."
Ralph: "I'm glad to hear..."
[stops and looks up]
Ralph: "String of poloponies"? Where do you see that?
Ed Norton:
[pointing at script]
Right there - "a string of poloponies".
Ralph: That's "a string of polo ponies"!
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posted on
09/06/2018 3:35:59 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: Delta 21
"a string of poloponies."
Norton pronounced poloponies "po-lop-phonies"
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09/06/2018 3:40:40 PM PDT
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ETL
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