That's because about 40,000 years ago,certain human populations interbred with Neanderthals,meaning some people alive today have Neanderthal ancestors.
Of course, in their native habitat, wild Takhi had regularly interbred with domesticated horses for millennia, producing a population with much more diverse appearances.
Significantly, this herd will be entirely free of cattle genes-unlike most existing buffalo herds in America, which have interbred with domestic cattle.