NYT Equine Thought Experiment
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. The Botai did not just herd horses for meat. And that fact gives rise to a thought-experiment. Scientists found bit-wear marks on Botai horses’ teeth — a clear sign the animals were being ridden. Let's leave them alone.
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