http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=204561&highlight=Horses+Domesticated+9,000+Years Horses were domesticated 9,000 years ago... in Arabia.
They existed in the Americas before then and DID die out but I have not seen evidence that they originated there.
FFS sake I am not dealing with your inability to understand. Youa re like the loony conservatives. Horses existed in the Americas BEFORE columbus. Do you not understand this? the fact that horses were domesticated in Eurasia before anywhere else is utterly irrelevant. Furthermore using a claim by the Saudi government they they first domsticated the horse is utterly absurd. The horse was probably fisrt domesticated in Scythia but we have no evidence that proves anything .
Link? Equus evolution and origin is not a secret and there are plenty of sources but there you go , note that all lineage is American Tufts Search Roots yes and... how this is relevant ?
Mutmakep you are correct and I retract. The anceator of the Genus Equus does come from North America. HOWEVER I still se why you believe that a species only exists to procreate. IMHO most processes in the natural world don;t have a teleology. There is only a teleology when when it is self acknoweldged. Some Christian might beleive that his purpose is to worship god and that life is wasted with it. My own purpose is to try and live as long as possible and NOT have children
I think there is a misunderstanding here , the most important is the survival of the species and sometimes death kicks the "weak" genes away. I hate children as well plus my family has a long history of cancer and heart diseases so i consider my genes worthless . Humans have left the survival part away for now but of course it will come in the front scene again in the face of a virus or a natural disaster of big scale but today what we seek is not just survival.
Why is that important? Since you self identify as a communist that might explain how you think little of subverting the interests of the individual to that of a non conscious entity such as the state
This is about Horses. You have not explained whose teleological interests are served by just replicating?
The time of the horse as overall utility to humans is long past. Today, the value in a horse is either their breeding line and/or their training. The only value in a wild horse is its ability to turn any pasture into a moonscape. Horses mouths are such that their teeth can extend beyond their lips (see the movie Alien) and crop vegetation almost below the soil. A wild horse is dangerous (forget the Westerns you see) they are big and can pummel you with their hoofs if they 'go up' on you, they can put a nasty bite on you, kick you, knock you over with their body or even slam you with their head. All of which I can personally attest to after (in a 'former life') having had as many as 14-head. If you don't know about horses, DO NOT try to get up close and personal to a horse with male genitals....Stallions can be mean and aggressive. You are no match compared to 1,000 lbs (+/-) of hormone driven, snorting, stomping fury. Take it from someone who has had to halter such a beast. Watching a healthy herd of wild horses is indeed majestic. Seeing a bunch of underfed mangy four-legged emaciated candidates for some biblical apocalyptic four horsemen.....not so inspiring. You vegans out there are murdering plants, with callous disregard, you have nothing to crow about.. http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/12151/do-plants-respond-to-pain Plants react to pain....
utter bull(*)(*)(*)(*). Plants respond to certain stimuli but they certainly do not feel pain- nor for that matter do molluscs. You need a brain to feel pain.
