Re: 77 mares

On May 1, 12:46 pm, Peter Alaca <p.al...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
David wrote: on, 01/05/2008 16:00:
On May 1, 9:10 am, Peter Alaca <p.al...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
Yes it is. Read Levine's chapter and the wikipedia
article you referred to again. There are eg in the
wiki article no citations given for the 4800-4400 BCdating. As Levine writes: There is no direct evidence

for it. The earliest undisputed date is c. 2000 BC.
So everything else is speculation.
...

"A Chronological History of Humans and Their Relationship
With the Horse"
http://www.imh.org/museum/history.php?chapter=12

"While the date of 2,000 BCE represents the earliest
definitive date for domestication, most experts now feel

Feeling is no science.

that horses were domesticated around 4,000 BCE.
Extensive studies of the Botai culture in northern
Kazakhstan suggest that the horse was domesticated
here by around 3600-3100 BCE."

"One of the reasons that the date of horse domestication
is so much more difficult to establish than that of other
domesticated animals is that little physical change
occurred in early domesticated horses as opposed
to their wild counterparts."

Do you know what the Levine artcle is about?
It is about genetic diversity.
Did you read it, or even the summary?

Yes, I read the Levine artcle . OTOH you did not consult -

Domestication of the horse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_horse

"Whether one adopts the narrower zoological definition of
domestication
or the broader cultural definition that rests on an array of
zoological and
archaeological evidence affects the time frame chosen for
domestication
of the horse. The date of 4000 BC is based on evidence that includes
the
appearance of dental pathologies associated with bitting, changes in
butchering practices, changes in human economies and settlement
patterns, the depiction of horses as symbols of power in artifacts,
and
the appearance of horse bones in human graves.[2]"

2. ^ Anthony, David W. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language. How
Bronze Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern
World, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.

What you said about everything else being speculation
is untrue.

And as I said earlier: You are obsessed with controversies.
Science is not about controversies, but about new insights
based on evidence.
...
May you find the cause of your ignorance on this matter.

May you visit a shrink as soon as possible.

Cheap gibes are your trademark.

d.c.

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