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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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To: calex59; Sacajaweau

21 posted on 11/28/2009 9:19:02 AM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: Ciexyz

Mongol horsemen also drank blood from the veins of their mounts.


22 posted on 11/28/2009 9:28:09 AM PST by hellbender
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To: SunkenCiv
When one whispers to a horse, what is the mane topic of conversation?

Necking.

23 posted on 11/28/2009 9:38:45 AM PST by decimon
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To: calex59
Cows are 75% more efficient at converting grasses (cellouse) to calories than horses.

Archaeologists use this ratio (when looking at the number of bones in an area) to determine drought conditions.

24 posted on 11/28/2009 10:43:53 AM PST by blam
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To: hellbender

On The Presence Of Non-Chinese At Anyang

25 posted on 11/28/2009 10:47:13 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

26 posted on 11/28/2009 10:50:56 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Isn’t she a pretty little thing!

On mare’s milk — when we lived in TX my husband had a business colleague who was famed for his BBQ, which he fixed for company get-togethers. He swore that his secret was marinating the beef ribs in “mare’s milk” the night before he put them on the grill. I don’t know if that was true, but they certainly were good, and I believed him. :)

You certainly can do that with plain old cow’s milk — even if it’s just for 1/2 hour — so I imagine mare’s milk would be just as good. It’s an old cook’s secret that soaking meat in milk can remove any odor if the meat has started to “turn” and always makes it tender.


27 posted on 11/28/2009 11:36:17 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: decimon; SunkenCiv; Daffynition
I wonder if they found any of these.


28 posted on 11/28/2009 12:01:18 PM PST by uglybiker (BACON!!)
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To: uglybiker

:’) I love DF!

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29 posted on 11/28/2009 12:47:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

When one whispers to a horse, what is the mane topic of conversation?”

Yes, it behooves us to know.


30 posted on 11/28/2009 12:54:20 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: uglybiker
I think they work as a team.


31 posted on 11/28/2009 1:06:07 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: wildbill

Great de-livery.


32 posted on 11/28/2009 1:49:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: blam
Cows are 75% more efficient at converting grasses (cellouse) to calories than horses.

Yes, but horses are faster, they increase productivity in many activities including food gathering/foraging, as well as assisting in movement, carrying burdens, etc.

But I have to admit a nice beef steak can't be beat.

33 posted on 11/28/2009 3:29:25 PM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: blam

Why is it that the migration of Indoeuropean people is always East to West or North to South?


34 posted on 11/28/2009 3:45:16 PM PST by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Kumiss tastes better than it sounds like it would...


35 posted on 11/30/2009 12:27:51 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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To: coconutt2000
"...a nice beef steak can't be beat."

Then youve probably never tried truly traditional saurbraten.

(Anyone else like another slice of pickled horse brisket?)

36 posted on 11/30/2009 12:43:57 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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To: calex59

I think they made yoghurt out of horses’ milk -— and I’m pretty certain that camel’s milk yogurt is also made in that area of the world.


37 posted on 11/30/2009 12:20:27 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: decimon

I had a bad sore throat over the holiday. I am one of the latest hoarse whisperers.


38 posted on 11/30/2009 12:39:21 PM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: blam; decimon; SunkenCiv
That's one small steppe for man . . . .
39 posted on 11/30/2009 2:53:03 PM PST by colorado tanker (What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
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To: SunkenCiv

It was a fet-lock that you’d like it.


40 posted on 12/01/2009 7:21:24 AM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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