Not really a science thread, but a darn good read. Ping!
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Tyler-Smith noted, "In 'The Secret History of the Mongols,' an extraordinary and unique contemporary or near-contemporary document, Genghis Khan's subordinates are represented as explicitly promising him the pick of captured women and horses." [emphasis added]
One would hope it was NOT for the same purpose.....
OTOH, perhaps someone should checked horse DNA for traces of Khan.
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