Domestication of the horse
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 A 'bred back' Heck Horse, closely resembling the Tarpan (photographed 2004), believed to be phenotypically close to the wild horse at the time of its original domestication. |
A number of hypotheses exist on many of the key issues regarding the domestication of the horse. Although horses appeared in Paleolithic cave art as early as 30,000 BCE, these were truly wild horses and were probably hunted for meat. How and when horses became domesticated is disputed. The clearest evidence of early use of the horse as a means of transport is from chariot burials dated c. 2000 BCE. However, an increasing amount of evidence supports the hypothesis that horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes (Dereivka centered in Ukraine) approximately 4000-3500 BCE. Recent discoveries on Botai culture suggest that Botai culture settlements in the Akmola Province of Kazakhstan are the location of the earliest domestication of the horse.
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- Related: Anthrozoology, Equestrian nomad
| The Institute for Ancient Equestrian Studies (IAES... The Institute for Ancient Equestrian Studies (IAES) users.hartwick.edu/iaes/ - Web |
| The Equine Genetics and Evolution Research Informa... The Equine Genetics and Evolution Research Information Network www.ex.ac.uk/equinet/index.html - Web |
| Horses may first have been domesticated in Kazakhs... Horses may first have been domesticated in Kazakhstan www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=39388 - Web |
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