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Articles on the history of horses and more.

An artist's reconstruction of a Neanderthal man with a child, in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. Photo: Wolfgang Sauber CC BY-SA 4.0
Culture News 

Neanderthals lived on horse and reindeer meat, research suggests

March 24, 2019March 27, 2019 Horsetalk.co.nz 8718 Views 2 Comments History

Study involved analysis of an adult tooth root, and a bone from a one-year-old baby.

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Culture News 

It’s golden horse bling – and it dates back more than 2200 years

January 23, 2019January 28, 2019 Horsetalk.co.nz 6284 Views 0 Comments History

Decorated horse harness found in haul of treasure in Bulgaria.

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Culture Features News 

Highly ranked Icelandic Vikings were buried with male horses – study

January 4, 2019January 9, 2019 Horsetalk.co.nz 3208 Views 0 Comments History

Why were Icelandic Vikings of high rank buried with male horses?

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The match between Driver and Aaron at Maidenhead, by Richard Roper (1754).
Culture Reviews 

Horses, historians, and early modern England

January 3, 2019April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 12983 Views 1 Comment History

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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A scene from the Miocene Period as an ancient species of horse, Parahippus, lower right, interacts with other carnivores and herbivores.
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Geochemical analysis of fossils shows Florida’s ancient horses were homebodies

December 22, 2018December 28, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 7321 Views 0 Comments History

Teeth analysis suggests they had no need for migrations, with everything available for them in the southern American state.

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Culture News 

Ancients may have portrayed the constellation Leo as a horse

December 8, 2018December 19, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 7391 Views 0 Comments History

Researchers find that paleolithic humans had a relatively advanced understanding of astronomy.

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Culture News 

Answer sought to century-old mystery of missing Munnings horse painting

November 30, 2018December 7, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 6995 Views 2 Comments History

An exhibition which recreates a 1919 show of Sir Alfred Munnings’ paintings is one work short. Where is it?

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Culture News 

Racing artist’s war horses return to UK for special show

November 23, 2018November 26, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 7433 Views 0 Comments History, War Horses

Wartime works by Alfred Munning displayed together in England for the first time in a century,

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Care & Training Culture Reviews 

Military equitation still informs the modern rider

November 19, 2018April 14, 2020 Alane Alchorn 10879 Views 0 Comments History

Combined volume offers new insights into 18th-century equitation and its timeless application.

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Features News 

Cave art depicting a horse dates back 12,000 years, say researchers

November 15, 2018November 18, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 6504 Views 0 Comments History

Work in eastern France had been obscured by centuries-old graffiti.

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Knowledge gaps around bisphosphonate use in young/exercising horses have been identified by researchers. Photo: File
News Research 

Animals from crucial trade route leave faintest of signatures

November 1, 2018November 6, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 3836 Views 0 Comments History

Important animal species present in an important corridor of the ancient Silk Road are revealed.

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Researchers have been studying the bronze age necropolis Kamenny Ambar-5 for the past decade. 
Features News 

The migrant horse-owning community where no-one lived beyond 50

September 4, 2018September 9, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 1059 Views 0 Comments History

“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

September 1, 2018September 9, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 15127 Views 2 Comments History

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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James Fillis
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The Franco-German (dressage) war

August 13, 2018April 14, 2020 Charles Caramello 16298 Views 0 Comments History

French and German master equestrians clashed in mid to late-century over the proper theory and practice of dressage and equitation, particularly as they pertained to the training of military horses and riders.

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Corralled wild horses, right, and bison in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Photo: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
News Research 

Genetic links to Siberian and Eastern Asian horses found in wild herd in North Dakota

August 2, 2018August 7, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 20527 Views 0 Comments History

Study findings lead to an exciting hypothesis about a link between Siberian—East Asian and part of North American horses and a new route of exporting horses to North America.

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A Mongolian herder removesa first premolar, or “wolf tooth”, from a young horse during the spring roundup using a screwdriver. Photo: Dimitri Staszewski. Taylor et al. 2018. Origins of Equine Dentistry. PNAS
Features News 

Horse dentistry goes back more than 3000 years, study concludes

July 4, 2018July 10, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 8874 Views 0 Comments History

As herders began to use metal bits, they also developed a method for extracting troublesome teeth, similar to the way most veterinary dentists would remove them today.

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Culture News 

Pompeii excavations allows plaster cast to be taken of long-dead horse

May 22, 2018May 27, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 9142 Views 0 Comments History

The horse was among the many victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD.

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The occlusal face of both left and right LPM2 teeth that shows evidence of beveling of the enamel that is characteristic of bit wear. The teeth were from a donkey skeleton dating back 4700 years. Photo: Greenfield et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196335
Culture Features News 

Earliest evidence of bit use found, dating back 4700 years

May 18, 2018May 28, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 8575 Views 0 Comments History

The authors propose that the wear on the tooth of the equid was made with a soft bit, likely made from rope or wood.

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Knowledge gaps around bisphosphonate use in young/exercising horses have been identified by researchers. Photo: File
Features News 

Fresh research shows how horse domestication helped shape humanity

May 10, 2018May 9, 2021 Horsetalk.co.nz 6420 Views 1 Comment History, Przewalski's horse

Several waves of migration were behind this crucial population shift, much of it driven by humankind’s emerging relationship with the horse.

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The larger-than-life statue of Sergeant Reckless is being unveiled at the Kentucky Horse Park later this month,
Culture News 

New recognition for mighty war horse Reckless

May 1, 2018May 4, 2018 Horsetalk.co.nz 17138 Views 1 Comment History, War Horses

Larger-than-life, 1000-pound statue of Sergeant Reckless to be unveiled at the Kentucky Horse Park.

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