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Origin of domestic horses finally established

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The modern horse was domesticated around 2200 years BCE in the northern Caucasus. In the centuries that followed it spread throughout Asia and Europe. An international team of 162 scientists collected, sequenced and compared 273 genomes from ancient horses scattered across Eurasia to come up with this finding.

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Phys.org

Origin of domestic horses finally established

Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries. These are the results of a study led by paleogeneticist Ludovic Orlando, CNRS, who headed an international team including l'Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier, the CEA and l'Université d'Évry. Answering a decades-old enigma, the study is published in Nature on 20 October 2021.

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Science Daily

Origin of domestic horses finally established

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Nature

The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

Nature, Published online: 20 October 2021; doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04018-9Analysis of 273 ancient horse genomes reveals that modern domestic horses originated in the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region.

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National Geographic

Domestic horses' mysterious origins may finally be revealed

About 4,200 years ago, horseback riding allowed people to travel farther and faster than ever before, spurring migration throughout Europe and Asia.

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Popular Archaeology

Popular Archeology - Origin of domestic horses finally established

Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries. These are the results of a study led by paleogeneticist Ludovic Orlando, CNRS, who headed an international team including l’Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, the CEA and l’Université d’Évry. Answering a decades-old enigma, the... Read more »

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