Horse tooth_2 (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Horse tooth_2

Caption

This tooth is all that remains from one of the first horses introduced to the Americas, and it's DNA is helping to rewrite the history for one of the best known horse breeds in the United States: The Chincoteague pony.

Credit

Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

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