New research overturns a long-held assumption that Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii), a rare and endangered animal native to the steppes of central Asia, are the last wild horse species. Instead, phylogenetic analysis shows Przewalski’s horses are the feral descendants of horses herded by the Botai people of northern Kazakhstan and not truly wild horses. Further, the study finds that the Botai didn’t give rise to today’s equines,...
