[jimtorr]

I don't neccesarily agree with researchers conclusions that mitochondrial DNA evidence of ancient populations is conclusive. IMHO it is merely indicative. This appears to be, however, the first evidence of any kind that horses were domesticated in a number of places around the world independently.

[jimtorr]

The Sumerians used Onagers, not horses, to pull their chariots. Was that because they did not have horses, or did they think onagers were a better animal for the job?

[another cricket]

Why not? Some one saw some one else riding a horse and thought, "Hey, I have got to get me one of those!" Since there were lots of horse herds around no problem in getting one. Training was probably another matter.

Domesticating goats or cattle would have been a different matter as their uses would have been more subtle. You would have needed interaction with the herders and therefore would have likely ended up not catching your own cattle but trading for the offspring of theirs.

a.cricket

[HairOfTheDog]

The number 77 seems to be equivalent to cutting something with an axe and then measuring the cuts with a micrometer... but anyway...

CAV... our horses are cousins!

[blam]

30,000 year old image of horce from Chauvet cave, Ardeche,France

[kinsman redeemer]

WB and TBX Bump

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[SunkenCiv]

When did the horse get to America? Did the Native Americans Really Have the Horse Before Columbus?
Yuri Kuchinsky's web pages | circa 1998 | Yuri Kuchinsky
Posted on 11/29/2005 8:24:25 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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