(CNN) The unexpected discovery of a 16th-century horse tooth in modern-day Haiti has provided credence for an age-old folk story about the origin of feral horses on an island off Maryland and Virginia. The famous wild Chincoteague ponies have lived for centuries on Assateague Island, a barrier island on the Atlantic coast. He conducted DNA sequencing on a "huge collection of archaeological remains" from Puerto Real, an early Spanish town located in modern-day Haiti. Nicolas Delsol holds a horse tooth recovered from the archaeological site at Puerto Real, one of the first Spanish cities estabilshed in the Americas. "One of the bones that I thought was from a cow was misidentified," Delsol explained in an interview with CNN.

Source: CNN August 08, 2022 00:05 UTC