Be they ever so humble, there’s no creature quite like the donkey. Though these hairy, hardy decedents of the Equidae family are often thought of as the horse’s slightly quirky...
In many ways, the timeline of horse domestication is still a mystery to scientists. Previous studies have established what appears to be the starting point for domestication at 3,500 B.C....
These tiny, prehistoric ancestors not only looked different from their modern descendants, they ran differently too. The key contrast? It's all in the back, says a new study conducted by...
What can a tiny, 35,000-year-old ivory horse sculpture tell us about the relationship between prehistoric men and equines? Why did teeth and toes make all the difference in the horse's ability to...
