lobsterbash t1_jb5wkfm wrote on March 6, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Reply to comment by PussyStapler in Humans Started Riding Horses 5,000 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests by geoxol

Horse domestication must have gone hand-in-hand with the spread of proto-indo-european language (and related culture), so this is a significant discovery.

SparkyDogPants t1_jb68iie wrote on March 6, 2023 at 7:15 PM

Riding horses came after domesticating. Early horses were tiny.

Worsaae t1_jbdrvsi wrote on March 8, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Absolutely. The Yamnaya expansion happened insanely fast. That kind of speed migration and expansion was probably only possible if you had a fast vehicle like a horse. Either to drag your chariots or for you to ride.