SciShow: News | Where Did Domesticated Horses Come From?

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Content of the Lesson: New information has helped us understand where domestic horses came from. And by counting some tree rings, researchers were able to find evidence of Norse presence in the Americas in 1021 CE. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bryan Cloer, Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams, Tom Mosner ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aao3297 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30261039/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33273635/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33046550/ https://press.springernature.com/the-origins-and-spread-of-domestic-horses-from-the-western-euras/19733626 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04018-9 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/NFLDS/article/view/140/236 https://www.britannica.com/science/carbon-14-dating https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/radiocarbon/article/intcal20-northern-hemisphere-radiocarbon-age-calibration-curve-055-cal-kbp/83257B63DC3AF9CFA6243F59D7503EFF https://press.springernature.com/evidence-for-european-presence-in-the-americas-in-ad-1021/19739832 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03972-8 Images: https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/horse-rider-is-moving-fast-horseman-on-sky-background-stallion-is-trained-for-racing-trotter-of-spanish-breed-rz0znl7gwj2lzwhju https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79341109 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04018-9#Fig1 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/black-sea-and-caspian-sea-region-political-map-gm800149220-129809953 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/wild-horses-running-free-gm1019461046-273973110 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamnaya_Steppe_Pastoralists.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_of_Ur_-_War.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/horses-run-gallop-in-dust-gm873152940-243854032 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bay-horses-grazing-in-pasture-enjoying-the-early-spring-sunshine-the-cotswolds-gm1248172569-363487761 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27AnseAuxMeadowsModel.jpg https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03972-8#Fig9 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/a-close-up-view-of-the-solar-flares-on-the-surface-of-the-sun---some-elements-furnished-by-nasa-hy72e36_wkh0qvvq9 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms9611#Fig2 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/background-huon-pine-gm139746514-1364276 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03972-8#Fig2 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leif_Erikson_Discovers_America_Hans_Dahl.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/little-pony-gm182173742-10263668


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