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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists investigate an ancient horse jawbone melting from mountain ice in western Mongolia. (Image credit: Yancen Diemberger, CC BY-ND) A clearer picture may be closer than we think.

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.

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

Scientists have discovered that around 4,200 years ago, a specific lineage of horses rapidly became dominant across Eurasia. The discovery was made through the analysis of hundreds of ancient ...