A new UC Davis study shows how genetics could have influenced the evolution of the ancestors of modern horses with single toes. (Getty Images) Eighteen million years ago, a genetic duplication event ...

The application of advanced technology in archaeology has helped achieve milestones previously considered impossible. One such task was extracting and reconstructing the genomes of an extinct horse ...

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 ...

Domestication of the horse was one of the crowning achievements of early humans. It led to advancements in transportation, warfare and agriculture, effectively galloping societies into the modern era.

Many people assume that horses first came to the Americas when Spanish explorers brought them here about 500 years ago. In fact, recent research has confirmed a European origin for horses associated ...

There’s a time-worn statement regarding things being "here today and gone tomorrow” that proves true in our everyday lives as well as in nature. Trends and products wax and wane within human societies ...