WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of horse-based transportation represented one of the seminal moments for humankind, connecting ancient peoples by enabling them to move quickly over long distances ...

Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people domesticated horses has been an ongoing scientific mystery. As they spread, ...

A horse is a horse, of course, of course, but it probably doesn’t like you. Aside from dogs and cats, horses may be one of the few animals that humans often have close relationships with. This may ...

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From the rise of empires to the birth of global trade, no animal has shaped humanity quite like the horse. Domesticated around 4,200 years ago in the Pontiac-Caspian steppe — or around a thousand ...

The bond between humans and horses dates back thousands of years, and horses occupy a unique position in human life, falling somewhere between working animals and companion animals. Subscribe to our ...

Researchers found the information by testing horses with photos of happy and angry human strangers Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

A new study shows, for the very first time, that horses respond to human emotional cues by integrating the emotional value of the voice they hear with that of the facial expressions they see. Share on ...