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Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new science rewrites where and when it first happened

  • Written by William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder
Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new science rewrites where and when it first happenedHorses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world.Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery.

Half a million years ago...

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