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Re:Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesi... by wavefunction on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:05AM (#39589053)
You make it sound like sub-Saharan Africans were offered an unparalleled opportunity with horses and rejected them out of some sort of pique. A quick search indicates that endemic diseases in the region made the husbanding of horses completely impractical until they could be bred over centuries to be resistant to the diseases transmitted as easily as say... a bite from an insect.

The Pony Express lasted all of 18 months and was apparently financially unsustainable.

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Re:Scientists put Jared Diamond's continental axis hypothesi... by votepaunchy on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:04AM (#39589444)
You make it sound like the Pony Express simply went bankrupt when the primary cause for its closure was the completion of the transcontinental telegraph.
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