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A horse herder in Inner Mongolia, China, in July 2019. (Ludovic Orlando)
When Did Humans Domesticate Horses? Scientists Find Modern Lineage Has Origins 4,200 Years Ago
A new study suggests people in the Eurasian steppe bred horses around 2200 B.C.E., challenging earlier ideas about the beginnings of horse husbandry
Christian Thorsberg
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