Sept. 17 (UPI) -- New genetic analysis suggests the domestic horses didn't originate in Anatolia, the peninsula that today forms most of Turkey. Instead, researchers argue domestic horses were likely introduced to the region from the Eurasian Steppe around 2000 BC.
Humans first started domesticating animals in the Fertile Crescent and Southeast Asia around 10,000 years ago, but horses weren't domesticated until much later.