My curiosity is about the motivation of the domesticated animals and the transition from "prey" to semi-trust. I don't think that domestication was a one-sided...
You still need bridles and bits etc even bare-back. But the argument for relatively late riding also comes from illustrations in reliefs etc, with pictures of...
Torfinn - I didn't mean to try and trump you with my story of Walter Rothschild of Tring. I didn't realise you'd already posted on it. But Tring is NOT a...
... and the transition from "prey" to semi-trust. I don't think that domestication was a one-sided event from one species only. Otherwise, it would be possible...
   Hi, all     I'll ask again.  Why would a Neandertal want to ride a horse? Couldn't hunt from them without projectile weapons. Neandertals...
Paul: You're right in one sense: the Native Americans didn't quite start from scratch. The horses they saw were either ridden by someone, and they were very...
Many horses, even today for certain rodeo events, are trained to respond to the riders shift in weight and leg pressures. Jack ... From: Anne Gilbert To:...
Jack: Yes, that is true, but bridles and bits are still used. Anne G ... From: Jack Kilmon To: palanthsci@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:11...
All: The Anthrosite blog has an entry today, which might be wortth thinking about. He discusses the problem of how much of actual behavior of various...
Point taken about the skittishness a horse from purely wild ancestry would have at somebody climbing on its back, although modern "wild" horses probably are...
... OK, so it's a town. I came there after spending a month in central London, and then everything looks small. ... This only means that his house was...
Actually you only need some kind of rope around the muzzle secured by a loop behind the ears,to which is attached a set of reins . This is called a hackamore...
No it's not the Drudge Report. Some of you just might.. perhaps...deign to read this rather interesting article. ~Maria Hairs found in Indian jungle are of 'no...
Hello All, I have had the occasion to see several dressage competitions as well as the formal dressage of the Lippazaner Stallions. In the competitions the...
The whole idea of Neanderthal horsemanship seems to have arisen from: a) Hn's picked up a lot of broken bones. b) People who fall off horses break bones. Â As...
What a concept! A Neanderthal night club bouncer! Cliff (from the Cafe des Artistes) or Ernst (from the Rheingold) or whoever-it-was (from the Playboy Club)...
... A brilliant edited volume is: Zeder, M. et al. (eds) Documenting Domestication: New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms It fails to grapple with Africa,...
Elena; I've seen(on TV) certain kinds of horse competitions. Unfortunately, I don't recall ever seeing dressage competitions, so I can't exactly visualize...
Richard, in Scotland they have been. I've seen people working with them, they're as managable as sheep or cows. I've been told that the stags become dangerous...
Dave; It sounds like it would have a lot of potential uses. Just think what people could do with a series of 3-D hominin skulls. . . . Anne G ... From: David...
Dave: It's true things made of hide probably wouldn't survive from Paleolithic times. That's why, although it is thought that Neandertals processed a lot of...
Nancy: That is perfectly true. And neither leg pressure or ropes, leave much if anything in the way of archaeological evidence. Problem is, archaeologists...
Maria: There's no evidence that Neandertals knew anything about "knots and braiding", but "modern" humans of the same period probably didn't, either until...
Paul: The "weight of what evidence there is" seems to argue against Neandertals riding horses. But if some evidence appears, to possibly indicate that they...
Richard: My Great Science Fiction Masterpiece(s) With Neandertals have Neandertals doing things like this. . . .but they also do a lot of other things. The...
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