Horses Originated in North America and Later Reached Europe via China
Multiple studies confirm that horses first evolved in North America, with fossil evidence and DNA analysis tracing their migration to Europe through China and detailing their early forms and eventual domestication.
Horses originated in North America, a fact confirmed across multiple news blocs. According to ScienceInsights.org, horses first appeared roughly 55 million years ago, and the oldest known species, Hyracotherium, lived between 55 and 45 million years ago during the Eocene epoch.
ScienceInsights.org reported that fossils of Hyracotherium have been found at many sites across the western United States and in Europe. The same source described Hyracotherium as having four toes on its front feet and three on its back feet, each tipped with a small hoof and supported by a soft footpad.
The South China Morning Post reported that a fossil DNA study indicates horses reached Europe through China, and that an extinct lineage called the Dalian horse is part of that record.
ScienceInsights.org also reported that horses evolved across the North American continent, migrated to other parts of the world, went extinct in their homeland, and were eventually domesticated thousands of miles away on the grasslands of modern‑day Russia and Ukraine.
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