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Ancient Genomes Reveal Unexpected Horse Domestication and Management Dynamics.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2020
Orlando Ludovic
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The horse was essential to past human societies but became a recreational animal during the twentieth century as the world became increasingly mechanized. As the author reviews here, recent studies of ancient genomes have revisited the understanding of horse domestication, from the very early stages to the most modern developments. They have uncovered several extinct lineages roaming the far ends of Eurasia some...
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