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First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years

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The ancient riders were part of the so-called Yamnaya culture, groups of semi-nomadic people who swept across Europe and western Asia. The findings strengthen the hypothesis that the horse played an integral part in the expansion of this group, and therefore, in the spread of the Indo-European language.

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News18 India

Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, Finds Study

The researchers focused on human skeletons — which are more readily preserved than horse bones in burial sites and museums – and identified five likely riders who lived around 4,500 to 5,000 years ago.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years

Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding -- an innovation that would transform history -- in 5,000 year old human skeletons in central Europe.

1 year ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years

Archaeologists have found the first direct evidence for horseback riding in 5,000 year old skeletons in central Europe. The advent of horseback riding transformed human history by accelerating trade, communications

1 year ago·United States

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abc News

First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years

Archaeologists have found the first direct evidence for horseback riding in 5,000 year old skeletons in central Europe

1 year ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years

Domesticating wild horses on the plains of Eurasia was a process, not a single event, the researchers say

1 year ago·Malaysia

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Washington Times

First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years

Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding - an innovation that would transform history - in 5,000 year old human skeletons in central Europe.

1 year ago·United States

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