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Seeing Spots

  • July 12, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The spotted horses shown in Stone Age paintings found inside France’s famous Pech-Merle cave were long thought to be fantastical. But scientists recently conducted DNA tests on fossils that show the ancient artists probably did live among speckled horses, akin to the modern Appaloosa.

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