10-23-2006, 10:20 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Possibly *one* of the earliest locations where horses were domesticated, among a number of other places.
The first researchers who attempted to discern the ancestors of domesticated horses using archaeological data were J.C. Ewart and R. Lydekker.
Ewart in 1909 suggested that domestic horses came from three different ancestors:
* The barb, slender-limbed ponies, Arabian, etc. were said to descend from E. sivalensis.
* The "Forest" and heavy draught horses from E. robustus.
* The Steppe type from E. przewalskii (which is closest to E. yunnanensis among fossil horses).
Lydekker classified horses with long-pillared molars as descending from E. stenosis, while short-pillared molar horses like the Barb and Arab came from E. sivalensis.
The idea of E. sivalensis as an ancestor of modern domesticated horses seems to have been reputable at least up to World War II.
Not sure exactly who refutes the idea, but apparently there gradually was a shift suggesting a single domestication of horses from a single ancestor, something not supported by modern mtDNA research, but still forming the bedrock of Indo-european studies.
J. C. Ewart. "The Possible Ancestors of the Horses Living Under Domestication," _Proceedings of the Royal Society of London_. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character, Vol. 81, No. 549 (Oct. 9, 1909), pp. 392-397
Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
Quests of the Dragon and Bird Clan
http://sambali.blogspot.com/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The first researchers who attempted to discern the ancestors of domesticated horses using archaeological data were J.C. Ewart and R. Lydekker.
Ewart in 1909 suggested that domestic horses came from three different ancestors:
* The barb, slender-limbed ponies, Arabian, etc. were said to descend from E. sivalensis.
* The "Forest" and heavy draught horses from E. robustus.
* The Steppe type from E. przewalskii (which is closest to E. yunnanensis among fossil horses).
Lydekker classified horses with long-pillared molars as descending from E. stenosis, while short-pillared molar horses like the Barb and Arab came from E. sivalensis.
The idea of E. sivalensis as an ancestor of modern domesticated horses seems to have been reputable at least up to World War II.
Not sure exactly who refutes the idea, but apparently there gradually was a shift suggesting a single domestication of horses from a single ancestor, something not supported by modern mtDNA research, but still forming the bedrock of Indo-european studies.
J. C. Ewart. "The Possible Ancestors of the Horses Living Under Domestication," _Proceedings of the Royal Society of London_. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character, Vol. 81, No. 549 (Oct. 9, 1909), pp. 392-397
Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
Quests of the Dragon and Bird Clan
http://sambali.blogspot.com/<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->