Horses
were domesticated 6,000 years ago in the steppes of Ukraine, Russia's southwest
and west of Kazakhstan, according to genetic study.
Then,
as the study published in the journal «PNAS», the day passed more horses in
Europe and Asia, where he played again with wild mares. The
study, conducted by researchers at the University of Cambridge, brings together
two opposing theories regarding the domestication of horses, a subject that for
many years the scientific community.
Archaeological
evidence suggests that horses were domesticated in the steppes of Eurasia and
particularly in areas of Ukraine, in southwestern Russia and western Kazakhstan.
Scientists
estimate that people rode horses and took the meat and milk.
However,
these archaeological evidence, such as traces of horse milk found on ancient
pots in the steppes of Eurasia, contrast with studies based on mitochondrial DNA
and suggest that horses were domesticated in many different areas in Europe and
Asia.
To
solve the mystery of Cambridge researchers looked at DNA from 300 horses eight
countries in Europe and Asia.
The
genetic material used in computer models designed to examine different scenarios
for the domestication of horses. Speaking of Dr.. Vera
Warmuth from the Department of Zoology, Cambridge, said: "It seems that the
domestication of horses has its roots in the western part of the steppes and in
the calm journey played with wild horses."
The
theory explains why the mitochondrial DNA, which contains genes inherited
exclusively from the mother, shows that horses were domesticated multiple times
in many different places. Indeed,
everything indicates that wild mares were part of a herd of tame domestic
horses, possibly because the latter could not be replicated easily in
captivity.
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