Horse images cut into stone said to be 12,000 years old
Stone has been linked to a hunter-gatherer culture that occupied southern France and northern Spain.
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History
Articles on the history of horses and more.
Da Vinci wasn’t horsing around: He may have had ADHD, according to experts
Could Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) explain Leonardo da Vinci’s difficulty in finishing works?
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Extinct horse species ranged further and survived longer than first thought
Jun-Xia Yuan and his colleagues retrieved three near-complete mitochondrial genomes from the specimens.
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Ancient genes reveal the last 5000 years of horse history
Huge team of researchers involved in ground-breaking study of horse genetics going back thousands of years.
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Who’s your daddy? Scientists reveal secrets of the horse’s Y chromosome
Researchers unearth crucial information on the origins of the domestic horse, including the sire lines of the stallions who founded the Thoroughbred breed, and even cast doubt on the ancient pedigree of a famous racing lineage.
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Sale of rare “Horse and Rider” marks 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death
28cm bronze and mold made from original beeswax figure going up for auction in the US in November.
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The equine foot: The adaptation that may have saved the horse from extinction
Why did evolution ultimately favor single-toed horses over their three-toed cousins? Here’s an interesting hypothesis proposed by two researchers.
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Neanderthals lived on horse and reindeer meat, research suggests
Study involved analysis of an adult tooth root, and a bone from a one-year-old baby.
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It’s golden horse bling – and it dates back more than 2200 years
Decorated horse harness found in haul of treasure in Bulgaria.
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Highly ranked Icelandic Vikings were buried with male horses – study
Why were Icelandic Vikings of high rank buried with male horses?
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Horses, historians, and early modern England
Two new volumes offer an insight into Britain’s social history through horse racing and the breeding ventures of a famous aristocratic.
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Geochemical analysis of fossils shows Florida’s ancient horses were homebodies
Teeth analysis suggests they had no need for migrations, with everything available for them in the southern American state.
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Ancients may have portrayed the constellation Leo as a horse
Researchers find that paleolithic humans had a relatively advanced understanding of astronomy.
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Answer sought to century-old mystery of missing Munnings horse painting
An exhibition which recreates a 1919 show of Sir Alfred Munnings’ paintings is one work short. Where is it?
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Racing artist’s war horses return to UK for special show
Wartime works by Alfred Munning displayed together in England for the first time in a century,
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Military equitation still informs the modern rider
Combined volume offers new insights into 18th-century equitation and its timeless application.
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Cave art depicting a horse dates back 12,000 years, say researchers
Work in eastern France had been obscured by centuries-old graffiti.
Read more Animals from crucial trade route leave faintest of signatures
Important animal species present in an important corridor of the ancient Silk Road are revealed.
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The migrant horse-owning community where no-one lived beyond 50
“They had been buried with the full cycle of rituals, including funerary equipment and sacrifice of livestock, sheep. Adults were mainly buried with cows, horses and dogs.”
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Medicinal cannabis: There was a time when horses had a high old time on dope
A product called Cannabis Americana was once the go-to substance for treating colic, with even the US War Department recommending its use.
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