We've found the time and place that horses were first domesticated

By Michael Marshall

Modern equine herd connected the steppes of Inner Mongolia, China

Ludovic ORLANDO/CAGT/CNRS Phototh?que

One of the astir stubborn mysteries successful prehistory has yet been reined in. A monolithic survey of past DNA has revealed wherever horses were domesticated: astir 2200 BC connected the steppes of cardinal Eurasia, adjacent the Volga and Don rivers successful what is present Russia.

“Finally, we find wherever and erstwhile horses were domesticated,” says Ludovic Orlando astatine Paul Sabatier University successful France.

The domestication of horses was a important lawsuit due to the fact that it revolutionised question and warfare. Horses tin transportation …