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Mystery Of Shipwrecked Horses

Mystery Of Shipwrecked Horses

NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast

September 12, 20228m 59s

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Show Notes

Nicolas Delsol was working on his doctorate studying the domestication of cattle in the Americas when he inadvertently sequenced the DNA of the earliest known domesticated horse. We'll learn how this sample found in the Caribbean might solve the mystery of the origin of famous wild ponies on Assateague and Chincoteague islands, over 1000 miles away.