Deep Dives

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• Domestication of the horse 13 min read

  The core subject of the podcast episode - covers the archaeological and genetic evidence for when and where horses were first domesticated on the Eurasian steppes

• Botai culture 13 min read

  The Botai people of Kazakhstan are central to horse domestication debates - they show early evidence of horse management around 3500 BCE, though recent DNA evidence complicates the narrative

• Przewalski's horse 16 min read

  The only truly wild horse species surviving today - genomic studies by Orlando and colleagues revealed surprising connections between Przewalski's horses and the Botai horses, reshaping our understanding of domestication