Proto-Horse found in Bering Strait?
As ice melts in the far North, scientists and archaeologists make discoveries about what this land may have looked like before the Ice Age. Just last week, a group of scientists filming a documentary on the impact of ice melt on Polar bears came upon the skeleton of a horse under years' worth of ice and soil. The skeleton is presumed to be about three thousand years old, which would indicate that the Eskimo or Inuit people may actually have been late comers.
DNA testing on the remains show many similarities to the Akhal-Teke Horse and to the Arabian Horse.
However, Bering Horse, as we have named her, bears more structural similarities to the Thoroughbred Horse, a relatively modern breed derived from Arabian stallions and heavier, stronger English mares, developed for speed and stamina.
Horse people all over the world may well ask the question, Have we spent centuries breeding for speed, stamina, strength and looks only to discover that such a horse has already existed for centuries?
Or has it been lost?
Where did Bering Horse come from?
Do her descendants still exist somewhere, hidden somewhere like the Caspian Horse?
If that is the case, could the Bering Horse’s DNA improve modern breeds?
Or is Bering Horse a fluke of nature?
Attached is a computer image of what Bering Horse probably looked like alive and healthy.
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The Horse Man
General FictionAn immortal man who cares only for horses discovers that the world has built up around him while he ignores it. While hidden from prying eyes, he has preserved ancient bloodlines of certain breeds, and developed a type of his own; something that uns...
