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Origin of domestic horses finally established

Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries. These

France generalNanterre ministPaul sabatierPablo libradoBordeaux ministLudovic orlandoGenomique bucGuus kroonenUniversity of copenhagenEuropean research council pegasusCentre for anthropobiologyCentral asiaIberian peninsulaNorth caucasusBronze ageWestern eurasian

Cradle of horse domestication identified in major international study

Evidence points to the Western Eurasian steppes, especially the lower Volga-Don region, as the heart of horse domestication.

France generalUnited kingdomCzech republicNanterre ministPaul sabatierLutz klassenPablo libradoBordeaux ministLudovic orlandoEuropean research council the pegasusFrench national centre for scientific researchJutland museumCentre for anthropobiologyWestern eurasianCentral asiaFrench national centre

Ideas, Inventions And Innovations : New Evidence: Neandertals Buried Their Dead

Reconstruction of the child s burial by Neandertals at La Ferrassie. Credit: © Emmanuel Roudier Was burial of the dead practiced by Neandertals or is it an innovation specific to our species? There are indications in favour of the first hypothesis but some scientists remain sceptical. For the first time in Europe, however, a multi-disciplinary team led by researchers at the CNRS and the Muséum national d histoire naturelle (France) and the University of the Basque Country (Spain) (1) has demonstrated, using a variety of criteria, that a Neandertal child was buried, probably around 41,000 years ago, at the Ferrassie site (Dordogne). Their study is published in the journal Scientific Reports on 9th December 2020.

Nord pas de calaisMatthias meyerAlain turqIsabelle crevecoeurBordeaux ministFrido welkerSahra talamoFerrassie neandertalGuillaume guCamille daujeardBruno maureilleJacques hublinChristelle lahayeAntoine balzeauHelen fewlassOlivencia university of the basque country

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