Rethinking the evidence for early horse domestication at Botai

Abstract Despite its transformative impact on human history, the early domestication of the horse (Equus caballus) remains exceedingly difficult to trace in the archaeological record. In recent years, a scientific consensus emerged linking the Botai culture of northern Kazakhstan with the first dome...

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Main Authors: William Timothy Treal Taylor, Christina Isabelle Barrón-Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86832-9