Archaeologists have traced the origin of the horse and why humans ride them
by Christina Larson
Jun 10, 2024
2 minutes
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Archaeologists have helped trace the origin of the horse, and when humans began to transform the animal.
Roughly 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world.
There was something special about this horse: It had a
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