Dr. Will Taylor
CU Museum/Anthro

Topic: Rethinking the origins of horse domestication and its impact on the ancient world.

Academic host: Carl Simpson

Abstract: The domestication of the horse is widely understood as one of the most significant events in human history - with horse transport linked to drastic changes in ecology, communication, culture, ceremony, and even the very structure of societies across the ancient world. But how did this transformative relationship between people and horses first emerge? New discoveries from archaeological sciences are overturning long-held assumptions about the timing and process of the first domestication, revealing a process that was far more rapid - and far more disruptive than previously understood.