Actually, I believe some of the oldest New World archaeological sites
do have horse remains. However, these are not domestic horses, and
the native horses, along with many other large animals, were wiped
out long before the time period claimed for the Book of Mormon.
Several other types of Old World animals were also claimed to have
been found in the New World in the Book of Mormon. Thus, the book of
Mormon is biogeographically inaccurate, whereas the taxa mentioned in
the Bible actually occurred in ancient Palestine (though many are now
gone).
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
Droitgate Spa
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