Review: Did The Yamnaya Ride Horses?

Trautmann et al. 2023. First bioanthropological evidence for Yamnaya horsemanship

The domestication and use of horses as mounts profoundly changed human history. It should really rank alongside agriculture, dairying, blue-water sailing and other major breakthroughs for creating an entirely novel human niche - the ability to live and move through the steppe, much like camels in the desert. Generally the dates between 3,500 and 3,000 B…