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Article: Horse power: scientists explore how taming horses change the course of history.(life science)
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- SuperScience
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- May 1, 2008
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Try to imagine a world without horses. A horse played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War: In 1775, Paul Revere galloped his horse through the night to alert American settlers that the British army was invading. Would the war have ended differently had Revere made his midnight ride on a cow instead?
According to some scientists, the fate of humankind was changed about 6,000 years ago in what is now Central Asia.
That is when some experts think humans first began to tame the wild horse.
"The domestication of horses is a critical moment in history," says Sandra Olsen. Olsen is co-curator of The Horse, an exhibition opening this May at the ...