Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 16:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks as they spread throughout Europe and Asia. The research was published today, 07 May, in the journal PNAS.
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