Up until now scientists and historians have had the last word on the subject. It is curious that paleontogists say yes horses went extinct around 11,000 years ago in the Americas, yet indigenous people say they’ve always had horses. A salient question would be which group knows the most about life on this continent before Columbus? What does oral history say? And are there bones that would prove their stories’ authenticity?
I set out to write the romantic story of how horses went extinct here, then the Spanish brought them back to the Americas 12,500 years later to where the species began. As I began my digging, a new story emerged. A Lakota researcher named Yvette Running Horse Collin earned her PhD in 2017 focusing on the horses of indigenous tribes. She spent years investigating traditional oral history stories that talk about horses as a cultural underpinning of their lives. She combines oral history, paleontology, Spanish history, and linguistic cultural evidence to show the truth, that horses did not become extinct in the Americas.
What are the facts?
To be continued…
Gracias for reading Fake Flamenco! ¡Olé! –Rebecca
If someone who was here, said that they rode and had horses…what’s the question? Are they saying that the people who lived with them and rode them were liars , or just imagined that they were sitting on top of them? The had to do research to prove that the people who had the answer…actually had the answer. And we wonder why everything is insane. Well, I suppose that’s one way to get grant money. Prove what has already been proven. Maybe they can prove that women actually went west and were alive before the 1960s. That would be good. Perhaps they could start with the fact that men came from somewhere. LOLOLOLOL I can’t be the only one who thinks this is silly, right?
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I agree with you about the burden of proof. But so far academia is dismissing scientific proof Equus continued to live here before Columbus. To be continued on Thursday! Thanks for your comments.
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Great post Rebecca. Love that photograph! I have always been a great fan and admirer of the Indians of North America. However, I have read much about the pre-history of the continent and horses do not appear, although being that it is accepted fact that the Indians crossed the Bering Strait, they could have come with horses from Asia…
All the best and wishing you a great weekend,
Francisco
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Hello Francisco, it is possible that horses came over the land bridge. Until all the petroglyphs and horse bones have been definitively dated by science, we won’t know. Thanks for your comments, Rebecca
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Always a pleasure to read your posts Rebecca…yes, it is an interesting theory…
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Dr. Running Horse Collin has a grant for the DNA sequencing from horse bones found in the Americas; the results will be very interesting.
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Looking forward to a post once there is a resolution. Thank you Rebecca
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It will be interesting to know if Yvette Running Horse Collin’s palaeontology differs from the palaeontology referred to in your first paragraph. I’ve found a copy of her thesis which I’m looking forward to reading 🙂
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I look forward to her continued research on the subject.
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Let me know when you’ve had a chance to read it. I’d like to hear your views.
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Interesting.
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Thanks for your comment Rejoy Dey! Hope you and your family are well.
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Thank you so much ❤️
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