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  • New, exhaustive study probes hidden history of horses in the American West

    04/11/2023 9:34:56 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 52 replies
    ScienceDaily ^ | March 30, 2023 | Original written by Daniel Strain, Nicholas Goda, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Indigenous peoples as far north as Wyoming and Idaho may have begun to care for horses by the first half of the 17th Century, according to a new study by researchers from 15 countries and multiple Native American groups.A team of international researchers has dug into archaeological records, DNA evidence and Indigenous oral traditions to paint what might be the most exhaustive history of early horses in North America to date. The group's findings show that these beasts of burden may have spread throughout the American West much faster and earlier than many European accounts have suggested...To tell the stories...