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
Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world.Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAcross 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...