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  2. Domestication of the horse - Wikipedia

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    Although images of horses appear as early as the Upper Paleolithic period in places such as the caves of Lascaux, France, suggesting that wild horses lived in regions outside of the Eurasian steppes before domestication and may have even been hunted by early humans, concentration of remains suggests animals being deliberately captured and ...

  3. List of domesticated animals - Wikipedia

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    Some physical and behavioral changes, actual domestication status is still a point of contention [37] Very common in captivity, feral populations common, extent of status in the wild unclear; see Western honey bee for details 6a Hymenoptera: Domestic horse (Equus caballus)

  4. Evolution of the horse - Wikipedia

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    Extinct equids restored to scale. Left to right: Mesohippus, Neohipparion, Eohippus, Equus scotti and Hypohippus. Wild horses have been known since prehistory from central Asia to Europe, with domestic horses and other equids being distributed more widely in the Old World, but no horses or equids of any type were found in the New World when European explorers reached the Americas.

  5. From the wild to the farm: the domestication of animals ... - AOL

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    From the wild to the farm: the domestication of animals explained. Bell Johnson. Updated August 15, 2016 at 10:09 AM. ... 3600 BC: Horses. 3000 BC: Honey Bees. 1500 BC: Geese. 1866 AD: Ostrichs.

  6. Portal:Horses - Wikipedia

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    Female horses, called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth. Most domesticated horses begin training under a saddle or in a harness between the ages of two and four. They reach full adult development by age five, and have an average lifespan of between 25 ...

  7. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately and Regal to Funny and ...

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    The best horse name for your female or male horse or pony is on this list of cute, classic, popular, funny, and rare name ideas, like Seabiscuit and Goldie. 156 Popular Horse Names From Stately ...

  8. Horse - Wikipedia

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    [153] [154] [155] However the horses domesticated at the Botai culture in Kazakhstan were Przewalski's horses and not the ancestors of modern horses. [ 156 ] [ 157 ] By 3000 BCE, the horse was completely domesticated and by 2000 BCE there was a sharp increase in the number of horse bones found in human settlements in northwestern Europe ...

  9. History of horse domestication theories - Wikipedia

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    The history of horse domestication has been subject to much debate, with various competing hypotheses over time about how domestication of the horse occurred. The main point of contention was whether the domestication of the horse occurred once in a single domestication event, or that the horse was domesticated independently multiple times.