Re: Cracanatii: vechime mai mare

On Mar 6, 8:09 am, Gau7ama Siddhar7a <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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key words: horses domesticated kazakhstan bronze age science exeter
university alan outram 1,000 years earlier botai culture indo-european

  Horses tamed earlier than thought

Horses were domesticated much earlier than previously thought, according
to a team of researchers.

They found evidence suggesting that the animals were used by a culture
in northern Kazakhstan 5,500 years ago.

Until now, the earliest evidence of horse riding was metal parts from
harnesses dating from the Bronze Age.

Writing in Science, a team from the UK's Exeter University suggested
that the community in Kazakhstan rode their horses 1,000 years earlier.

They also ate them and drank their milk, possibly as an alcoholic brew.

The researchers traced the origins of horse domestication to the Botai
culture of Kazakhstan.

Analysis of ancient bones showed that the horses were a similar shape to
domesticated horses from the Bronze Age.

The UK team studied the remains for evidence of damage to their mouths
and teeth caused by the riding bits used to harness the animals.

The scientists also analysed the remains of food and drink in pottery
and traces of horse meat and milk.

Horse milk is still drunk in Kazakhstan, usually fermented into an
alcoholic drink known as koumiss.

Lead researcher Dr Alan Outram from Exeter University, said horse
domestication was an important indication of the state of human
civilisation.

"The domestication of the horse does have implications for human culture
globally," he said.

"It increases people's ability to trade and it has great advantages in
warfare.

"So if we are moving the origins of horse domestication much further
back, we are going to have to think about the impact on the development
of human culture at the time."

Some researchers associate the domestication of the horse with the
spread of bronze working across Eurasia thousands of years ago.

It may also be linked to the ancient expansion of the Indo-European
languages - a widespread language group which today includes English,
German, Hindi and Persian.

Listen to Dr Outram on the current edition of Science In Action on the
BBC World Service. You can also download the programme

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7926235.stm

Published: 2009/03/05 19:19:36 GMT

© BBC MMIX

asa se pare ! Vazut-am ieri, hehehe moshii Sabinului beau cumîs din
zorii istoriei. Hmmm oare de la cumîs alterat i se trage ?!
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