A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s.
A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s.
A new analysis of horse bones gathered from museums across the Great Plains and northern Rockies has revealed that horses were present in the grasslands by the early 1600s.
Triceratops dinosaur fossil skull, on display at the Colorado Boulder CU Museum of Natural History for decades leaving museum to Smithsonian in May 2022.
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IMAGE: Study coauthor Isaac Hart of the university of Utah compares a healthy talus bone from the Lehi horse with one heavily impacted by arthritis. view more
Credit: William Taylor
A new analysis of a horse previously believed to be from the Ice Age shows that the animal actually died just a few hundred years ago and was raised, ridden and cared for by Native peoples. The study sheds light on the early relationships between horses and their guardians in the Americas.
The findings, published today in the journal
American Antiquity, are the latest in the saga of the Lehi horse.