A new study published by an international group of archeologists flips the script on a Utah discovery that made national headlines in 2018.<br />the skeletal remains of a horse were discovered in the backyard of a home in Lehi, Utah, in 2018 while the homeowners were conducting a landscaping project. Initial reports stated that the remains were estimated to be around 16,000 years old, placing the creature in the most recent ice age.<br />Now, over two years after the initial discovery, radiocarbon dating revealed that the remains are in fact much younger, dating from sometime after the late 17th century, according to Archaeology.org.<br />We can only say that this horse died sometime after 1680, likely before the European settlers moved into the Salt Lake region during the mid-19th century,” William Taylor, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder and the lead author of the new study said, via The Science Times.<br />According to Live Science, the mix up happened because the remains were buried in lake sediments that dated back to 14,000 to 16,000 years ago.<br /><br />“It was found in the ground in these geologic deposits from the Pleistocene — the last ice age,” Taylor said, via CU Boulder Today.<br />According to CU Boulder Today, Taylor has a suspicion that the Lehi horse is not the only animal whose remains were mistakenly labeled from the ice age.<br /><br />“I think there are a lot more out there like this,” the professor said.
