20 Things You Didn't Know About Horses

Horses were domesticated some 5,000 years ago and have played a pivotal role in human history ever since.

By Sarah White and Gemma Tarlach
May 15, 2020 1:00 PMMay 15, 2020 4:58 PM
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This article appeared in the June 2020 issue of Discover magazine as "20 Things You Didn't Know About Horses." Subscribe for more stories like these.


1. A horse is a horse, of course, of course, as the old Mister Ed theme song goes — but don’t look for such certainty when it comes to tracing the lineage of today’s domesticated Equus caballus.

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