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5 days ago · Whenever and wherever it first occurred, the domestication of the horse was a watershed moment in human history. It gave people an unprecedented degree of mobility and power, allowing them to travel farther and faster than ever before, to carry heavy loads over long distances, and to expand the possibilities of agriculture, trade, and warfare.
3 days ago · The horse's lineage can be traced all over the world, including the crossing of the land bridge into North America. From having three toes, the horse has evolved into the single-toed animal we know today. It is one of the few animals that is both domesticated and wild. Many events and circumstances have contributed to the development of the horse.
2 days ago · The short answer is “because we have always done things on the left side”. The long answer takes us back to the beginning when horses where first used and domesticated. Along with the riding and domestication of horses came the using of horses during warfare. Long pikes and swords were the weapons of choice in the day.
1 day ago · A horse storage pit in the process of being excavated. Hamid Azmoun, INRAP Similar discoveries have been made at other Gallic battle sites in France. One had a pit that held eight riders and their ...
4 days ago · Roman mosaic depicting two winning racehorses from the stud farm of Sorothus at ancient Hadrumetum (modern-day Sousse in Tunisia), end of the 2nd century CE. Sorothus was a rich stock breeder.
5 days ago · David Anthony, focusing mostly on the evidence for the domestication of horses and the presence of wheeled vehicles, came to regard specifically the Yamna culture, which replaced the Sredny Stog culture around 3500 BCE, as the most likely candidate for the Proto-Indo-European speech community.
1 day ago · There are two species of free-roaming feral equids in North America: horses (Equus caballus) and donkeys or “burros” (E. asinus). Both species were introduced as domestic animals to North America in the early 1500s and currently inhabit rangelands across the western United States, Canada, and all continents except Antarctica. Despite their global distribution, little is known about their ...
