r/nextfuckinglevel 3d ago

Mexican 'cowboy' stopped armed robbery

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u/Justeff83 3d ago

A Mexican cowboy is called vaquero or charro and they are the original cowboys. The American settlers learned how to herd cattle from Mexican immigrants

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u/spottie_ottie 3d ago

Why stop there if we're going back in time? All the horses in the Americas descended from horses the conquistadors brought with them when they were plundering the continent

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u/bored-coder 3d ago

So, what you're saying is.. the europeans were the og og cowboys

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u/King_in_a_castle_84 3d ago

The cavemen were the OG OG OG OG OG OG OG cowboys.

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u/DarkflowNZ 3d ago

I was gonna be like "nah you're way off no way cavemen domesticated horses surely" but turns out after a quick google, depending on what you call cavemen, horses may have been domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes in like 3500 BC, and the Neolithic period ended in 2000BC

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u/SWIMheartSWIY 3d ago

That is well past "caveman" times though. Writing existed in some places already at that point. It seems so recent to me. I can't believe so much has gone into horse domestication in only 5,000 years.

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u/DarkflowNZ 3d ago

That's why I said "depending on what you call cavemen". It's technically still the stone age but the very end of it

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u/Shock900 3d ago

FUCA was the OGOGOG cowboy.