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Genotypes of predomestic horses match phenotypes painted in Paleolithic works of cave art.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Nov 2011
Pruvost Melanie, Bellone Rebecca, Benecke Norbert, Sandoval-Castellanos Edson, Cieslak Michael, Kuznetsova Tatyana, Morales-Muñiz Arturo, O'Connor Terry, Reissmann Monika, Hofreiter Michael, Ludwig Arne
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Archaeologists often argue whether Paleolithic works of art, cave paintings in particular, constitute reflections of the natural environment of humans at the time. They also debate the extent to which these paintings actually contain creative artistic expression, reflect the phenotypic variation of the surrounding environment, or focus on rare phenotypes. The famous paintings "The Dappled Horses of Pech-Merle,"...
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