Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2009
The site was where northern Kazakhstan is now, the culture was called Botai and the date was around 3500 B.C. Scientists found bit-wear marks on Botai horses’ teeth — a clear sign the animals were being ridden. Among all the animal species on this planet, humans have domesticated only a handful.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2017
My transition from being a kid interested in all kinds of animals to being a full-on birder happened when I was around 11 years old, in the early 1980s (oh dear!). As cheesy as it may sound, these experiences with what I was taught all my life were foes wanting nothing more than my demise were life-changing. Then, times changed.
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