Domestication history of horses | 台北市立動物園資訊網

The domestication of the horse dates back to around 6000-5500 BC and has had a significant impact of many aspects of human history and culture.   Check out our information relating to the domestication history of the horse.

Although there is much debate about the history of domestic horses, research indicates that horses were first domesticated by the Botai Culture of Kazakhstan around 6000-5500 BC and suggests that domestic horses may have been kept for food and milk as analysis of organic residues found in broken pots found traces of horse milk.

Domestic horses bred with local wild horses and spread throughout Europe and Asia and throughout their history, horses have been interbred, traded between populations of people, and moved across continents. The earliest evidence that horses may have been used under harness or for riding dat...