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22 maj 2012 · Horses were used in war, in hunting and as a means of transport. They were animals of high prestige and importance and are widely represented in ancient art, often with great insight and empathy.
26 maj 2024 · From the earliest days of domestication on the Eurasian steppe to the modern era of equestrian sports and leisure, these magnificent animals have played an utterly central role in shaping the course of history.
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...
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.
19 maj 2022 · Sifting through fossil bones and teeth, paleontologists have traced the ancestry of horses back roughly 50 million years to a dog-sized, hoofed animal called Hyracotherium — aka eohippus, the...
26 paź 2024 · Archaeological evidence indicates that the domestication of horses had taken place by approximately 6,000 years ago in the steppelands north of the Black Sea from Ukraine to Kazakhstan. Despite intensive study over a long period of time, many questions remain about the early development of the species as it underwent domestication.
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.”.
