The horse has been invaluable to humans since it was first domesticated in Central Asia some 6,000 years ago. Its speed and strength was harnessed to help us hunt prey, fight wars, work fields ...

Wild horses attempt to escape being herded into corrals by a helicopter during a round-up outside Milford, Utah, U.S, January 8. Horses can help us understand how organisms adapt to a changing ...

Genetic evidence is shedding new light on the origins of horses in the New World, during a particularly hazy period in their evolution. As the Great Ice Age came to an end, some 11,000 years ago ...

The frozen toe bone of a horse that died in a Canadian snowdrift 700,000 years ago has yielded unique insights into equine evolution, from the animal's ancestors 4 million years ago to its varied ...

DNA sheds new light on horse evolution. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 12 / 091210092001.htm. University of Adelaide.

The Tewksbury Historical Society will host a talk by Tricia Haertlein, an avid equestrian and carriage driver from Lebanon, N.J. on the evolution from horses to engines on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m.

Ancient DNA retrieved from extinct horse species from around the world has challenged one of the textbook examples of evolution -- the fossil record of the horse family Equidae over the past 55 ...