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By Bushra Ali on August 25, 2011 10:48 pm in Arabian Biz!, Featured Article, Saudi Arabia / no comments
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An ancient archaeological site in Saudi Arabia. Photo - World Archaeology
Horses may first have been tamed as long ago as 7000 BC, new
ground-breaking findings in a recently unearthed archaeological
site in Saudi Arabia suggest.
“The procured evidence may potentially debunk a previously
established theory that the domestication of horses originated
5500 years ago in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan,” the
Vice-President of the Kingdom’s Commission for Tourism and
Antiquities announced in a press conference in Jeddah.
“This site shows us clearly, the roots of the domestication of
horses 9,000 years ago,” said Ali Al Ghabban, citing human DNA
evidence that allowed researchers to date the prehistoric
civilization to the New Stone Age.
A number of other artifacts, including handicrafts such as
arrowheads, scrapers, grain grinders, tools for spinning and
weaving were also unearthed and suggest that the ancient
Neolithic society may have had skills that were more diversified
than just horse-taming.
“The Al-Maqar civilization is a very advanced civilization of the
Neolithic period,” Al-Ghabban noted.
Although humans have been herding horses ever since they came
into contact with the animal 50,000 years ago to use their meat,
skins and milk, the domestication of horses didn’t come about
until much later, becoming widespread in Europe, Asia and North
Africa by 1000 B.C.
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“This discovery will change our knowledge concerning the
domestication of horses and the evolution of culture in the late
Neolithic period,” the Saudi archaeologist added.
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