World History
The BBC has a new article up titled Horses tamed earlier than thought. It begins with, "Horses were domesticated much earlier than previously thought, according to a team of researchers. They found evidence suggesting that the animals were used by a culture in northern Kazakhstan 5,500 years ago."
I do not find it surprising that horses were tamed so long ago. However, I am amazed that historians and scientists can determine this from the evidence they found. Using just horse teeth and nearby artifacts, they concluded that the horses had riding bits inserted in their mouths and that humans were also likely using their horse milk for food and for making alcohol.
The article also notes:
Lead researcher Dr Alan Outram from Exeter University, said horse domestication was an important indication of the state of human civilisation. "The domestication of the horse does have implications for human culture globally," he said. "It increases people's ability to trade and it has great advantages in warfare. "So if we are moving the origins of horse domestication much further back, we are going to have to think about the impact on the development of human culture at the time."
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World History
When Were Horses Tamed?
The BBC has a new article up titled Horses tamed earlier than thought. It begins with, "Horses were domesticated much earlier than previously thought, according to a team of researchers. They found evidence suggesting that the animals were used by a culture in northern Kazakhstan 5,500 years ago."
I do not find it surprising that horses were tamed so long ago. However, I am amazed that historians and scientists can determine this from the evidence they found. Using just horse teeth and nearby artifacts, they concluded that the horses had riding bits inserted in their mouths and that humans were also likely using their horse milk for food and for making alcohol.
The article also notes:
Lead researcher Dr Alan Outram from Exeter University, said horse domestication was an important indication of the state of human civilisation. "The domestication of the horse does have implications for human culture globally," he said. "It increases people's ability to trade and it has great advantages in warfare. "So if we are moving the origins of horse domestication much further back, we are going to have to think about the impact on the development of human culture at the time."
- Dogs And Their History
I am posting yet another of those free to use Ezinearticles.com articles. I find one occasionally I like and since blogs are allowed to reprint them free... Here is the article: Dogs and Their History By Steven Weber. It is amazing how many different...
- Ancient Tools Unearthed In Australia
Humanity has been is Australia a long time. And a new find proves that humans were thriving there 35,000 years ago! Yahoo! has a story on it titled Ancient tools unearthed in Australia. The article notes, "Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have...
- Human Evolution Speeding Up?
Ralph E. Schmid at Time has an article titled Human Evolution Speeding Up? In it he wrote, "People are evolving more rapidly than in the distant past, with residents of various continents becoming increasingly different from one another, researchers say."...
- Prehistoric Clam Bakes
Around 164 thousand years ago, some humans were having clam bakes on the shores of Africa. This is reported in an article by Will Dunham titled For early humans, a beach party and clam bake in S.Africa. Dunham wrote, "For early humans, one of the first...
- From Art And Tools Came Human Origins
From Art and Tools Came Human Origins. Larry Barham reports in British Archaeology that evidence of modern human behaviour 200,000 years old may have been found in Africa. From the site: Until fairly recently, modern humans were thought to have emerged...