Looking at the map and thinking about your answers to questions 3.5 and 3.6 about the horse fossil in South America, describe the migration of horses within North and South America throughout the Cenezoic Era. Refer to the populations changes across epochs, not periods. 2) Based on your answer to 1) When did the Isthmus of Panama land b

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1) Looking at the map and thinking about your answers to questions 3.5 and 3.6 about the horse fossil in South America, describe the migration of horses within North and South America throughout the Cenezoic Era. Refer to the populations changes across epochs, not periods.

2) Based on your answer to 1) When did the Isthmus of Panama land bridge begin to allow migration from North to South America? What was the name of Epoch and the approximate number of years ago (include units, i.e. millions of years)? How did you come to this conclusion? 

 

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