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26 paź 2024 · Based on modern genetic analyses, the answers to the questions surrounding horse domestication are that the horse has a diverse ancestry, that there was more than one domestication event, and that domestic horses have been widely interbred throughout the history of their domestication.
29 cze 2017 · Now, a new study finds that nearly all modern horse breeds can be traced to two distinct, ancient Middle Eastern lines that were brought to Europe about 700 years ago. Understanding how these horses were traded, gifted, or stolen could shed light on human history as Eastern and Western civilization commingled and collided.
10 cze 2024 · Orlando and the team analyzed DNA from 475 ancient Eurasian horses—some of which lived as far back as 50,000 years ago—and 77 modern, domesticated horses representing 40 different breeds and...
20 paź 2021 · Analysis of 273 ancient horse genomes reveals that modern domestic horses originated in the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region.
26 paź 2024 · The history of the horse family, Equidae, began during the Eocene Epoch, which lasted from about 56 million to 33.9 million years ago. During the early Eocene there appeared the first ancestral horse, a hoofed, browsing mammal designated correctly as Hyracotherium but more commonly called Eohippus, the “dawn horse.”.
6 cze 2024 · Ancient breeders dramatically shortened the natural generation times of horses starting about 4200 years ago, according to a genetic study of hundreds of ancient horses.
A Brief History of Horses. By 55 million years ago, the first members of the horse family, the dog-sized Hyracotherium, were scampering through the forests that covered North America. For more than half their history, most horses remained small, forest browsers.
