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Before Columbus, followed by a series of explorers, landed in the Bahamas, the native cultures of North and South America had no draft animals or cattle.

For this reason, these cultures did not develop:

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No cows, horses, sheep, pigs or goats. The Spaniards brought pigs and horses during the conquest. They multiplied over a few decades in the 1500s. Native Americans were able to hunt and travel as never before. Pigs ate their crops then morphed into razorbacks. Wild boar still roam the woods in the midwest.

Llama and alpacas were used for their wool and as pack animals in the Andes. Turkeys were domesticated in Meso America. Bison, deer and small game were used as a meat source and their hydes in North America.

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