How mutations made the horses a mount

How mutations made the horses a mount

Wild horses were tamed millennia ago. But what characteristics did they make a mount? © twildlife/ iStock

Horses have shaped our history decisively: their domestication was a revolution for human mobility, agriculture and warfare about 4500 years ago. An analysis of ancient horses now shows which genes the wild horses made tame and riding. Rare mutation played in the horse heroes of the Eurasian steppe

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