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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Paul Kekai Manansala
soc.culture.filipino
Feb 24 1997, 3:00 am

<b>Ancient horses in the Philippines</b>

An article in the National Museum Papers, Vol. 4, No. 2, by
Elenita D.V. Alba, states that the Philippine horse is a blend
of the ancient Sulu horse with others brought in from China
in the pre-hispanic period, and from Europe via Mexico in the Spanish
period.

<b>Horse remains from Batangas were dated to 8000 to 4000 BC,</b>
although Alba questions the reliability of this date.
Less controversial were horse remains from the Lower Sung
period found in Laguna.

Osteological research has revealed that the <b>Sulu and Philippine
horse share genetic characteristics with the Indian horses
(Equus Sivalensis) </b>and that <b>"pre-orbital depression, large
development of the first premolars of the upper jaw and the
presence of but 17 paris of ribs </b>inherent to the prehistoric
Indian horse occasionally appear in the anatomy of the prehistoric
Sulu horse." (Nat. Mus. Papers, p. 38-39)

Reference

Elenita D.V. Alba, "Archaeological evidences of animals as trade
goods: a preliminary study,"  _National Museum Papers_ vol. 4,
no. 2, Manila, 1994. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->