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Medieval Christians Supplied Pagans With Horses For Sacrifice, New Study Suggests
For centuries, pagan tribes in Europe's Baltic region used sacrificial horses in funeral rituals. Researchers have long ...
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Mongolian Herders Removed ‘Wolf’ Teeth From Young Horses 3000 Years Ago, Oldest Evidence of Horse Dental Care
After analyzing the skulls of the animal's remains, archaeologists determined that people in that region used to saw off the unruly teeth of their horses with stone tools. They even pulled away ...
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Darwin's South American horse puzzle
Two specimens of Equus neogeus, horse teeth found by Charles Darwin on the Voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836), are now online. George Gaylord Simpson (1902-1984), an influential US palaeontologist, once ...
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John Hegley: Do Horses Have Teeth, Sir?
And drawings. Quite a lot of them horses – mouths both open and closed. Myths, moths, no mathematics. Audio and visual stimulation. Entertainment. And thought provocation. Devised for adults but not ...