Humans farmed horses 5,500 years ago


	Humans farmed horses 5,500 years ago

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3-9-2009 8:47 AM

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3-10-2009 2:15 AM

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They began working with horses after so many were being eaten by their dinosaur steeds ...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/68036e20-235f-4092-b25f-23c9afc44837/C3E4849D-DB60-4DBE-BD90-6DE464585206/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2606/humans-farmed-horses-5500-years-ago" href="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2606/humans-farmed-horses-5500-years-ago" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cosmosmagazine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2606/humans-farmed-horses-5500-years-ago"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cosmosmagazine.com/img/21E09434-263C-4E5B-94B8-5B40630A756A" alt="Horse" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2606/humans-farmed-horses-5500-years-ago">Researchers have unearthed evidence that humans domesticated horses and used them for milk, meat and transport at least 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2606/humans-farmed-horses-5500-years-ago"><P>A team of archaeologists has found conclusive evidence that the Botai culture of Kazakhstan kept domesticated horses 5,500 years ago.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2606/humans-farmed-horses-5500-years-ago"><P>"What's really key here is they weren't just domesticated," said lead author Alan Outram of the University of Exeter, in southwestern England. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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