Draft Animals When the first humans reached the Americas, they found the mega fauna too easy to hunt. As a result, most of the potential draft animals were hunted to extinction. read more
Neither solitary animals nor large herd animals can be domesticated, as opposed to herded. As I recall, Diamond said the only animal that pre-Columbian Americans domesticated was the Guinea Pig. They herded llamas, alpacas and similar, but never really domesticated them. read more
In fact, there are only a few domesticated animals in the Americas at all (e.g. dogs, guinea pigs, llamas, and alpacas). Europeans brought horses back to the Americas, and horses became one of the most famous “exchanges” of the Columbian Exchange. read more
There are two meanings to history. All events that have occurred, or all recorded events. Either way, Natives had histories for many thousands of years before Europeans came, including during that 3,000 years ago when pre Columbian American horses may have still been around. read more