You know how you read in history textbooks that the Native Americans of the Great Plains got hold of horses from retreating Spanish colonists after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? And you know how Native Americans have been saying that’s not what they think happened? That they in fact got their horses long before that? You know how rare it is that a scientific paper involving museum specimens and DNA includes Indigenous authors? And that said paper overturns a mainstream historical narrative and is then splashed all over the mainstream media? Very rare, that’s how rare.
Hi! I think you referenced the wrong paper… not that I don’t enjoy learning about wild solanum, but the AP article referenced the following Science paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adc9691
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Thanks, I’ve fixed it now.