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[–] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

North America didn't originally have horses. When they were brought in, the Apache, more than any other indigenous group, structured their entire way of life around them. At least, that's what I learned from Western movies.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Interesting. I knew about the horses being non-native. But the Apache part not.

Is there something that made them more likely to benefit from being a horse-culture?

Living on Steppes and Plains?

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Horses are native to the americas. They evolved there and spreaded to asia but went extinct in america around the end of the ice age.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Would it be unfair to say the horses that were there are a different species than those imported by the Spanish?

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I mean, if dogs get their own specie classification from their ancestor. Sure why not horses.

[–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Only if you’d say Native American humans are another species.

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