A little more than 10,000 years ago-give or take a 1,000 years-one cave man said to another, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." So they did.
First man just ate horses. Later he discovered he could keep lame mares and milk them. That was the beginning of the meat and milk industry.
Exactly when man domesticated the riding horse is questionable. Which of the many human societies first utilized the horse as a mount is debatable. But the fact progress went from a walk to a gallop once man and horse became partners is undeniable.
Yep, the horse got things going for man, once they became partners. And during the early partnership, the horse was always associated with wisdom, power and utility. Why mess with a good thing?
Click the link below for some mythology, history and facts about horses and humankind in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
