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> earliest human-made hybrid animal Earliest that is known, that is. Hybrid animals occur in nature pretty often (e.g. most humans are human + neanderthal), a
by mkl 3y ago
> earliest human-made hybrid animal
Earliest that is known, that is.
Hybrid animals occur in nature pretty often (e.g. most humans are human + neanderthal), and sometimes produce new species, like the wisent (aurochs + steppe bison): https://theconversation.com/how-we-discovered-the-higgs-bison-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-ancient-cave-art-67231 https://theconversation.com/how-we-discovered-the-higgs-biso...
- alophawen 3y ago> Earliest that is known, that is. Of course. the article being discussed is about this new found insight about this being the earliest known example. > Among archeologists, the kunga is known as one of humanity’s first beasts of burden. Now, DNA research suggests that this striking equid may have also been the earliest human-made hybrid animal.
- pvaldes 3y agoEarliest documented human-made hybrid animal is the cross between neanderthals and homo sapiens.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoAnd what about dog? What would have been a wolf or coyote at some point.
- mkl 3y agoHeavily changed through domestication, but not necessarily a hybrid early on.