A new study suggests that horses were present in the American West by the early 1600s. That is earlier than most written histories have estimated. The new finding came from examinations of horse bones gathered from museums across the central Great Plains and northern Rocky Mountain areas of the U.S. The study’s estimate supports spoken histories of several Native American groups. The groups say their communities kept horses of Spanish origin before Europeans physically arrived in their homelands. A study describing the findings recently appeared in the publication Science. More than 80 co-writers took part in the study, including archaeologists, geneticists and historians. The team also included scientists from the Lakota, Comanche and Pawnee Native American nations. Past research suggests that the ancestors of modern horses first appeared in North America millions of years ago. That is before horses arrived on the central plains of Europe and Asia, where they were domesticated. But those early horse ancestors disappeared from North America about 6,000 years ago. In the new study, scientists examined more than 20 sets of horse remains from sites in several U.S. states. They aimed to establish that horses were ridden and raised by Indigenous groups by the early 1600s.
Title: Study: Horses Were in American West by Early 1600s
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from museums across the central Great Plains and northern Rocky Mountain areas of the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='31021' data-end-time='39083'>The study’s estimate supports spoken histories of several Native American groups. </span> <span data-start-time='39083' data-end-time='50688'>The groups say their communities kept horses of Spanish origin before Europeans physically arrived in their homelands.</span> <span data-start-time='50688' data-end-time='58500'>A study describing the findings recently appeared in the publication Science. </span> <span data-start-time='58500' data-end-time='69333'>More than 80 co-writers took part in the study, including archaeologists, geneticists and historians. </span> <span data-start-time='69333' data-end-time='79250'>The team also included scientists from the Lakota, Comanche and Pawnee Native American nations.</span> <span data-start-time='79250' data-end-time='91479'>Past research suggests that the ancestors of modern horses first appeared in North America millions of years ago. </span> <span data-start-time='91479' data-end-time='100979'>That is before horses arrived on the central plains of Europe and Asia, where they were domesticated. </span> <span data-start-time='100979' data-end-time='110417'>But those early horse ancestors disappeared from North America about 6,000 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='110417' data-end-time='121542'>In the new study, scientists examined more than 20 sets of horse remains from sites in several U.S. states. </span> <span data-start-time='121542' data-end-time='132625'>They aimed to establish that horses were ridden and raised by Indigenous groups by the early 1600s. </span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button 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