Did Speedy Horses Evolve Only Recently?

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By Ken Ham

A new study, summarized in a lengthy National Geographic article, looked at the genome of over 200 fossil horses, as well as domesticated horses and the Przewalski’s horse, a rare wild horse in Mongolia. The National Geographic headline declared, “Speedy horses evolved only recently, says landmark equine study.” But what they were really looking at was not evolution—it was artificial selection!

The study compared genetic diversity between fossil horses and living ones, including our domesticated varieties (of which there are around 600, all belonging to the same species). And what they found was that genetic diversity is at “an all-time …read more

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