tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post3992429948825219707..comments2024-03-28T12:31:21.785-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: SearchResearch Challenge (8/17/22): Horses are native to... where? Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-48707167432143294502022-08-24T09:10:38.590-07:002022-08-24T09:10:38.590-07:00Nice analysis. Thanks for this. Nice analysis. Thanks for this. Dan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-27155817974975948242022-08-19T13:45:36.452-07:002022-08-19T13:45:36.452-07:00I don't know if this is overly simplistic: I s...I don't know if this is overly simplistic: I searched [horse] which led me to wikpedia. This led to an article specifically on the evolution of horses. This led to an article in Canadian Geographic (https://web.archive.org/web/20120107031152/http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/Magazine/ma05/indepth/).<br /><br />It sounds like horses evolved from a smaller animal in North America. Then some Equus crossed into Eurasia via land bridges like the Bering land bridge. While the NA horses eventually went extinct, the horses in Eurasia thrived and diversified. However, since they were already Equus before migrating, I think the argument can be made that modern horses are native to NA.<br /><br />Nonetheless, this still leaves open the question of what a "native" is. I was thinking about "Native Americans." They are from Eurasia, and before that Africa. So why are they considered Native *Americans*? I searched [what makes something native], and found an article differentiating native, non-native, and invasive species. To be native, a species must have originated, developed, and adapted to that habitat. But if Equus in NA died off 12,000 years ago, it can be argued that they did not adapt to that habitat. At the same time, the branch of Equus that "conqured" Eurasia can arguably be considered an invasive species, because they outcompeted the local animals by running faster and having stronger teeth to better handle local plants/grasses. So Equus in Eurasia did better at adapting to their habitat, even though they didn't originate there.<br /><br />tl;dr: This sounds like a 3-legged stool problem, and you have to decide which of the three legs of nativeness matters the least -- origination, development, or adaptation -- because you can only have two.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312775703941742724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-16757958790010315862022-08-19T12:49:37.481-07:002022-08-19T12:49:37.481-07:00I thought about searching in YouTube, Today I Foun...I thought about searching in YouTube, Today I Found Out Channel, about our Challenge.<br /><br />I didn't find that. However, found this<br /><br />Engines and horsepower <br />https://youtu.be/lMi9MY7emUc<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-9664196499457504162022-08-18T16:21:59.181-07:002022-08-18T16:21:59.181-07:00With [Equus first origin]
Britannica article. In ...With [Equus first origin]<br /><br />Britannica article. In Nature.com article mentions multiple hypotheses. Also mentions relationship between Europe and North America<br /><br /><br />Equus: Story of the Horse — Origins<br />https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/equus-the-story-of-the-horse<br /><br />"In Episode 1, Origins, Thompson takes us 45 million years back in time to meet Dawn Horse, a creature that led to all horses today..."<br /><br />[Dawn horse native site]<br /><br />2018: Dawn Horse fossil to be featured in Smithsonian exhibit<br /><br />KEMMERER, WYO<br />https://returntofreedom.org/dawn-horse-fossil-to-be-featured-in-smithsonian-exhibit/<br /><br />Introduction Dawn Horse<br />https://www.vedantu.com/animal/dawn-horse<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-56855332651735905222022-08-18T04:26:36.381-07:002022-08-18T04:26:36.381-07:00Searched maps on Twitter in Simon Kuestenmacher pr...Searched maps on Twitter in Simon Kuestenmacher profile<br /><br />Found these. Not on the topic and very interesting <br /><br />Horses and cars words; same route<br /><br />https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1319599964708810752?s=20&t=vgslsx096TdZPWpQcI3K1w<br /><br />Horses replaced by cars<br /><br />https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1297631957191405569?s=20&t=vgslsx096TdZPWpQcI3K1w<br /><br />And, Equine coat colors<br /><br />https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1280962116216905729?s=20&t=vgslsx096TdZPWpQcI3K1w<br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-80151035338075816512022-08-17T17:53:54.041-07:002022-08-17T17:53:54.041-07:00it's a moving target… at least that's what...it's a moving target… at least that's what Mr. Ed told me…<br />used: 'horses and megafauna' videos<br /><a href="https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ancient-dna-found-in-soil-samples-reveals-mammoths-yukon-wild-horses-survived-thousands-of-years-longer-than-believed/" rel="nofollow">Yukon wild horses - see video - </a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg3lt5zYO_k" rel="nofollow">ice age horseys</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-15306166410609550482022-08-17T14:52:11.102-07:002022-08-17T14:52:11.102-07:00This time and specially after reading the instruct...This time and specially after reading the instructions about horse and native, I am reading carefully before nothing.<br /><br />However, my first query was [ first Equine in history] and similar like [Equines through history] or [Equines first saw] <br /><br />And then tried on YouTube with [first equine found in history]<br /><br />Found this: Evolution of horses and their relatives<br /><br />https://youtu.be/Smk1Xng0JCA<br /><br />Video sounds interesting. And, has been difficult to understand to me. It's very quickly, a different accent and difficult words. So I need to watch more times. I hope English as first language finds it more helpful <br /><br />The first comment brings light to our question. And next comments are interesting too.<br /><br />Also there is with my query on YouTube, a video from PBS in which the title says horses took North America twice. I'll watch laterRamon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.com