Horses originated in America and reached Europe through China, fossil DNA indicates
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Everyone knows the story: when Spanish conquistadors rode into the New World, Native Americans were stunned by a towering, four-legged creature they had never seen before.
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Everyone knows the story: when Spanish conquistadors rode into the New World, Native Americans were stunned by a towering, four-legged creature they had never seen
But a new fossil DNA study indicates that horses originated in North America millions of years ago and only reached Europe thanks to an unexpected genetic middleman in China