Archaeology, genomics and Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West
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European colonists chronicled their version of how Indigenous peoples lived with horses. New collaborative research adds scientific detail to Indigenous narratives that tell a different story. 彩民宝典 Assistant Professor William Taylor and Yvette Running Horse Collin, a postdoctoral researcher at Paul Sabatier University in France, share on The Conversation.
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