Any questions or ideas or planning or anything about The Great Lakes, please do post here.
Any questions or ideas or planning or anything about The Great Lakes, please do post here.
Also, the hangerman horse will definitely stick around - developing into something more like the domesticated horse but retaining that zebra stripes (who doesn't like a bit of whimsy?)
Saturn1257 wrote: I'm wondering, would the timeline allow the hagerman horse to go extinct or not? Assuming that the lakes change the climate, perhaps it may be possible for their survival and the eventual domestication by Indians?
First of all, the primary cause of the Pleistocene–Holocene extinction event (which is marked by the extinction of most Pleistocene megafauna) is humans. Rapid temperature fluctuations regularly occurred prior to the extinction event with temperatures ranging from higher than today or much lower.
Imperium Guy wrote: Also, the hangerman horse will definitely stick around - developing into something more like the domesticated horse but retaining that zebra stripes (who doesn't like a bit of whimsy?)
Well its bone structure is found to be similar to Arabian horses and Arabian horses have spread all across the world due to their desireability as they possess qualities like long endurance capabilities and stamina and are generally faster than European horses. So although initially their habitat may be restricted, once domesticated they will most certainly spread to probably all across North America as tribes with these horses hold a huge advantage to tribes without these horses.
All those east Siberian lakes will help the Tungus, Barga, Buryat and Yakuts develop.
Imperium Guy wrote:
Well its bone structure is found to be similar to Arabian horses and Arabian horses have spread all across the world due to their desireability as they possess qualities like long endurance capabilities and stamina and are generally faster than European horses. So although initially their habitat may be restricted, once domesticated they will most certainly spread to probably all across North America as tribes with these horses hold a huge advantage to tribes without these horses.
Imperium Guy wrote:
Yes, we understand that, but if humans realise the potential to domesticate, they would create suitable pastures for the horses to graze on, therefore improving their chances of survival. Humans would clear areas for grass to grow and the horses to thrive. The domestication by humans would open up many more potential habitats, as humans know how to care for their animals.
I read that their bone structure was more like a zebra.
I was thinking that the Aztecs might be able to grow to greater heights than OTL, especially if the Hagerman Horse was still a thing. Same goes for the Maya and the Inca.