But their analysis of 475 ancient horse genomes showed a notable change around 4,200 years ago. That’s when a specific lineage that first arose in what’s known as the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, a ...

Ancient migration between wild horse populations in America and Asia show how ecosystems adapt to survive cataclysmic change — strategies that modern forms of conservation may unintentionally ...

During the late Paleolithic era, as far back as 30,000 years ago or more, ancient artists chose wild horses as their muse: Horses are the most commonly depicted animal in Eurasian cave art.

Understanding ancient horse migration patterns could help us adapt to climate change. That's according to a new study from a ...

A new study of ancient human remains finds that horse riding may have been common as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago. Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images hide caption ...

Herders guide horses on an open plain in Inner Mongolia, China, July 2019. Scientists analyzed ancient horse genomes to calculate dates for the domestication of the modern horse -- 4,200 years ago ...

Ancient DNA of nearly 500 horses reveals that humans didn't domesticate them until 2200 B.C., 1,000 years later than we previously thought. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Ancient horse hunts challenge ideas of ‘modern’ human behavior. Sophisticated social and mental capacities date back at least 300,000 years.

The horses were found "carefully" arranged and had all been "buried simultaneously," researchers said, but there were scarce clues left as to how and why the animals died.

Archaeologists in Stuttgart, Germany, uncovered over 100 horse skeletons believed to have been part of a Roman cavalry unit. These remains are dated to the second century A.D.