Horse origins mystery 'solved'
Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com Just two days after the Triple Crown, scientists have determined that domestic horses, like the Kentucky Derby winner "I'll Have Another," originated on the grassy plains of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and western Kazakhstan. UK scientists at the University of Cambridge used a genetic database of more than 300 Eurasian horses to trace the origins of domestic breeds, according to their study published in the May 7 edition of the science journal PNAS. Using this genetic information, several computer-generated models were created in an effort to understand possible domestication scenarios. Researchers determined that the domestic horse's common ancestor, Equus ferus, inhabited the western Eurasian steppes around 160,000 years ago. They also said E. ferus descendants interbred with wild horses. "Our research clearly shows that the original founder population of domestic horses was established in the western Eurasian Steppe, an area where the earliest archaeological eviden
Horse origins mystery 'solved'
The horse was first domesticated 160,000 years ago on the grasslands of the Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, genetic evidence suggests.
Tue 8 May 12 from BBC News
Whence the Domestic Horse?
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Mon 7 May 12 from Science Now
Study solves mystery of horse domestication
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Mon 7 May 12 from Phys.org
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Tue 8 May 12 from ZME Science
One small steppe for man: Are all modern horses descended from one herd 6,000 years ago in the Russian plains?
One herd of horses tamed in the wide-open grasslands shared by Ukraine, southwest Russia and Kazakhstan could be the ancestor of all modern horses, according to Cambridge research.
Tue 8 May 12 from Daily Mail
Origin of domesticated horses pinpointed
CAMBRIDGE, England, May 8 (UPI) -- British researchers say they've used DNA science to settle the question of where modern domesticated horses originated.
Tue 8 May 12 from UPI
Genetic study pins horse domestication to steppes
LONDON (AP) -- A genetic study of horses across Eastern Europe and Central Asia has traced the domestication of one of man's most powerful animal allies to wide-open grasslands shared by Ukraine, ...
Mon 7 May 12 from AP
Researchers Solve The Mystery Of Horse Domestication
Brett Smith for RedOrbit.com Just two days after the Triple Crown, scientists have determined that domestic horses, like the Kentucky Derby winner "I'll Have Another," originated on the grassy ...
Tue 8 May 12 from RedOrbit
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