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The article is about domestic horses, not about their extinct ancestors. The article says that previously the Mongolian breed were believed to be the last truly
by stubish 2y ago
The article is about domestic horses, not about their extinct ancestors. The article says that previously the Mongolian breed were believed to be the last truly wild, undomesticated horses (predating domestication 5.5k years ago). Now they believe that they in fact are descendants of domestic horses. Making all living horses descendants of domesticated horses. But yes, the wild horses the Botai domesticated evolved in the Americas.