middle of the 16th century
Horse were in the Americas 10000 or more years ago. See web link.
By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Alicia Chang, Ap Science Writer - Wed Mar 9, 5:16 am ET
LOS ANGELES - With a dental pick in hand, Karin Rice delicately scraped off a clump of asphalt from a pelvic bone belonging to a horse that roamed Los Angeles tens of thousands of years ago.
Like many unsuspecting creatures of the last Ice Age, the horse probably stopped to take a sip of spring water only to be ensnared - and later preserved - in a pool of sticky asphalt that seeped from underground crude oil deposits.
"You're opening up this ancient world and getting to look back in time," Rice said during a recent dig at the La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles.
For the past three years, scientists have been sifting through a significant trove of bones and a nearly intact mammoth skeleton discovered in 2006 during the construction of an underground garage next to the tar pits.
It's been slow going. To make room for the parking structure, researchers at the George C. Page Museum built wooden crates to house the cache and trucked them to the tar pits complex where excavators use power and hand tools to break up the soil.
Careful to avoid the mistakes of early diggers who only prized large mammals bones and little else, a small army of museum employees and volunteers painstakingly chisels away seven days a week, recovering not only animal bones, but also saving the dirt for later inspection for microfossils.
So far, scientists have unearthed five of the 23 boxed deposits, removing some 16,000 fossil bones. Among the finds: partial skulls and lower jaws of half a dozen saber-toothed kittens, several ribs and skull of a camel, and assorted remains of a giant jaguar, ground sloth and baby mammoths.
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a horse and many things
Horses and Spanish cattle. The Barbarian breed of horse is what is prominant in most Mustang horses today, and is primarily the breed of Spaniard horse that was brought over from the Old World.
people traveled by walking and also horse backs
The English and Irish brought Halloween to America.
The Spanish brought the horse to the southwest where some roam wild even today.
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The horse Mustang is also known as a wild horse and is brought to America by the Spanish
a horse and many things
The horse Mustang is also known as a wild horse and is brought to America by the Spanish
The horse Mustang is also known as a wild horse and is brought to America by the Spanish
The first ancestors of the modern day horse was brought to America on Columbus's 2nd voyage in 1493. They were brought over en mass in the 1600's.
horses originated in Spain but were later brought to America by the conquistadors. they were given as gifts to the natives living there.
None. Horse's were brought from Europe into America. They were not indigenous to America. It was a big way on how Europeans dominated the America's because if you never saw a horse before, it would be terrifying to see if galloping towards you with a man and a stick.
Horses and Spanish cattle. The Barbarian breed of horse is what is prominant in most Mustang horses today, and is primarily the breed of Spaniard horse that was brought over from the Old World.
The horses were already there for the indians.