Horse skull and tooth (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Horse skull and tooth

Caption

Nicolas Delsol was originally sequencing ancient DNA from cow teeth preserved in archaeological sites when he realized one of his specimens actually belonged to a horse.

Credit

Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

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