Horse domestication (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Horse domestication

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The first steps towards domesticating the horse were taken north of the Caucasus in the late 4th millennium BC. Using horses made it possible to roam greater areas and tend larger herds.

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© Sabine Reinhold, DAI Eurasia-Department

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To be used only for reporting on the research by Ayshin Ghalichi et al. (2024).

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