TIL that horses went extinct in North America about 10,000 years ago. They were then reintroduced to the continent by the Spanish as early as the 1550s. - eviltoast
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Ancient horses roamed the North American continent for millions of years. And many, many years later, horses played an integral role in building the
    • Diplomjodler@feddit.de
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      10 months ago

      People. The secret ingredient is people. Pretty much any large species of mammal (or bird) that went extinct in the past 10.000 years or so was hunted to extinction.