For most of human history, horses have been, primarily, a technology. An intimate technology, yes -- people named their horses, and groomed them, and sometimes loved them -- but horses were, for the ...

Of the many guest speakers for Rotary Club of Mount Airy meetings, none have ever addressed the subject of how horses changed the world — until now.

Horses first appeared on Earth about 55 million years ago. These “Dawn” horses didn’t look remotely horse-like. They looked more like small deer, with dust-brown coats covered with parallel tracks of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COROLLA, N.C. (WAVY) — Along a stretch of ...

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 ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Across human history, no single animal has had a deeper impact on human societies than the horse. But when and how people domesticated horses ...

For the first time, a research team from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and the Schöningen Research Center have reconstructed the genomes ...

A crowd of families and history enthusiasts came out for a fun and educational day during Horse-Drawn History Day held at the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles. The May 17 event featured hands-on ...

Horse racing moves to the forefront of the sports world every spring with the start of Triple Crown season. Anticipation builds leading up to the Kentucky Derby in early May, when the top 3-year-old ...

COROLLA, N.C. (WAVY) — Along a stretch of North Carolina’s coast on the shores of Corolla, visitors will find a wild tale ...