Solutré Horse
The expression "Solutré horse" (from the French ''cheval de Solutré'') refers to the remains of prehistoric Equidae, equids discovered near the Rock of Solutré by Adrien Arcelin and Henry Testot-Ferry in 1866, then studied by Professor Toussaint in 1874. This discovery gave rise to a popular legend about hunting in the abyss, according to which Paleolithic hunters guided herds of wild horses up the rock to precipitate them into the void and kill them. In reality, these migrating horses were slaughtered by men at the foot of the rock. More recent research by Jean Combier, François Prat and Jean-Luc Guadelli attributes the horse remains found at Solutré to subspecies descended from Equus caballus germanicus, namely Equus caballus gallicus and Equus caballus arcelini. From a scientific point of view, the Solutré horse is therefore not considered a distinct species, although it is still cited in popular literature as the ancestor of certain modern horse breeds, notably the Cam ...
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