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Researchers Find the First Horse Whisperers
Live Science ^ | Nov 28, 2009 | Sandra Olsen

Posted on 11/28/2009 7:40:07 AM PST by decimon

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Our team conducted extensive research at three sites belonging to the Botai culture in the northern part of the country, at locations dated to the Copper Age around 3,500 B.C.

We selected the region because it was here in the heart of the Eurasian steppe where the tarpan, a small wild horse, thrived after they had vanished from most parts of the world. It was estimated that the tarpan lived successfully in the area through most of the Holocene, beginning about 11,700 years ago, before going extinct in the early 20th century.

Upon examining the sites, we found evidence that could point to the early phases of horse domestication and help explain its initial impacts on society. We found that early domesticated horses were eaten, milked and ridden.

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1 posted on 11/28/2009 7:40:07 AM PST by decimon
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To: SunkenCiv

Botais and tails ping.


2 posted on 11/28/2009 7:41:00 AM PST by decimon
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To: decimon

A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course,
That is of course, unless the horse is....


3 posted on 11/28/2009 7:45:52 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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4 posted on 11/28/2009 7:53:15 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: decimon
Eaten, milked and ridden. Imagine that!! How percetive!!

Guess they didn't know how to make glue.

Milked??

5 posted on 11/28/2009 7:53:28 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Milked??

Goats and sheep are milked so why not horses?

6 posted on 11/28/2009 8:04:03 AM PST by decimon
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To: decimon
The horse was probably domesticated by these folks or their relatives.

Pants were invented about the same time that bare-back riding of horses began.


7 posted on 11/28/2009 8:05:29 AM PST by blam
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To: Sacajaweau

A well known fact that the Mongols milked horses and made some type of food out of it(probably tasted pretty bad).


8 posted on 11/28/2009 8:07:20 AM PST by calex59
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To: decimon

Just not into the concept...but it has the lowest fat content. I’d say that to us...their value is in better uses.


9 posted on 11/28/2009 8:07:51 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Just not into the concept...

Cheese.

10 posted on 11/28/2009 8:16:31 AM PST by decimon
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To: Sacajaweau
The Afghan market down the steet sells cheese from Bulgaria made out of mare's milk. We pick some up every now and then.

BTW, Bulgaria made no progress of any kind under the Communists. When they were finally set free by Ronaldus Magnus and his Republican party they discovered they had a vast wealth in foods prepared "the good old way", plus they had more horses than anyone needs anymore.

They are big time in the specialty foods business ~ and "organic methods" never disappeared for them.

11 posted on 11/28/2009 8:19:10 AM PST by muawiyah (Git Out The Way)
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To: blam

A small steppe from here to there.


12 posted on 11/28/2009 8:19:20 AM PST by decimon
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To: Godzilla

PING


13 posted on 11/28/2009 8:20:57 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Daffynition

YOUR DOING IT WRONG!


14 posted on 11/28/2009 8:41:22 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: decimon
We found that early domesticated horses were eaten, milked and ridden.

Not necessarily in that order.

15 posted on 11/28/2009 8:42:24 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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Fermented Mare's Milk (sometimes transcribed Ayrag, known as Kumys in many languages) The mongolian beverage every traveller is talking about. The most important animal of the Mongols is the horse. Horses don't only serve as riding animals, the mare's milk also has a special significance.

http://www.mongolfood.info/en/recipes/airag.html

16 posted on 11/28/2009 8:45:41 AM PST by hellbender
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Most interesting.


17 posted on 11/28/2009 8:49:11 AM PST by Ciexyz (Cancer survivor. The Lord is merciful and ever-present at our side.)
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Thanks decimon. When one whispers to a horse, what is the mane topic of conversation?

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18 posted on 11/28/2009 9:01:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Riley
We found that early domesticated horses were eaten, milked and ridden.

Not necessarily in that order.

LOL

That must have been the inspiration for the Galloping Gourmet...why not eat the horse you rode in on?

19 posted on 11/28/2009 9:13:21 AM PST by eldoradude (Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
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20 posted on 11/28/2009 9:16:35 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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