Humans domesticated horses - new tech could help archaeologists figure out where and when

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1. DNA testings the key. Przewalskis horses were domesticated Botai horses

"....they found the horses descended from one of the earliest known groups of domesticated horses, called Botai horses, found in northern Kazakhstan 5,500 years ago. It was a surprising find for the research team. Archaeologists had been hoping to prove Botai horses were the ancient ancestors of modern domestic horses."

ref https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/przewalski-wild-horses-botai-kazakhstan-spd/


I think they'll find horses (and canine types for that matter) have been walking with humans forever. Were domesticated in many ways for a lot longer than even 40,000 plus years.

Archaeological sites are more than just piles of bones. there's dna in the soils, in permafrost and ice cores. Horses have always been one of only a few species that can be taken from the wild, domesticated and then go back to a life in the wild without issue.