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Horses originated in America and reached Europe via China, fossil DNA reveals

Believed to be restricted to northeastern China, genomic analysis shows the Dalian horse’s range extended to southern Siberia and Yakutia.

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The Chinese published their research results in the British scientific journal "Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences." While it's often said that horses were brought to the American continent by the conquistadors, this is untrue. In fact, they reached Europe from there via China, where they interbred with the now-extinct Dalian horse. The Dalian horse (Equus dalianensis) existed during the Late Pleistocene in what is now north…

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Saturday, June 20, 2026.
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