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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/A14.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='First Evidence of Horseback Riding Dates back 5,000 Years' data-article-id='6423'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7313'>Researchers have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding. </span> <span data-start-time='7313' data-end-time='15917'>The evidence comes from 5,000-year-old human skeletons in central Europe.</span> <span data-start-time='15917' data-end-time='22625'>The research study was published last week in the publication Science Advances.</span> <span data-start-time='22625' data-end-time='27396'>Horseback riding was a development that changed history. </span> <span data-start-time='27396' data-end-time='35542'>It was “the fastest a human could go before the railroads,” said David Anthony. </span> <span data-start-time='35542' data-end-time='44063'>He is a co-writer of the study and an archaeologist at New York’s Hartwick College.</span> <span data-start-time='44063' data-end-time='58729'>The researchers examined the bones of more than 200 ancient people in museum collections in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. </span> <span data-start-time='58729' data-end-time='68229'>The bones came from the period known as the Bronze Age between 3,000 and 5,000 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='68229' data-end-time='74521'>The researchers looked for signs of “horse rider syndrome.”</span> <span data-start-time='74521' data-end-time='80938'>Martin Trautmann, another writer of the study, explained the condition. </span> <span data-start-time='80938' data-end-time='87688'>He said there are six markers that show whether a person rode an animal. </span> <span data-start-time='87688' data-end-time='100563'>They include wear marks on the hips, thigh bone and pelvis, said Trautmann, an anthropologist at the University of Helsinki in Finland.</span> <span data-start-time='100563' data-end-time='106708'>The researchers identified five humans who likely rode horses. </span> <span data-start-time='106708' data-end-time='114042'>They are estimated to have lived between 4,500 and 5,000 years ago. </span> <span data-start-time='114042' data-end-time='119333'>They belonged to a Bronze Age people called the Yamnaya.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/a_building_in_which_objects_of_historical_scientific_artistic_or_cultural_interest_are_stored_and_exhibited.wav'><span>a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/a_body_of_a_human_being_or_animal_that_has_been_ceremonially_preserved.wav'><span>a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/a_device_to_send_signals_between_computers.wav'><span>a device to send signals between computers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/the_present_state.wav'><span>the present state</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19307 data-hint-location='58729' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/during_which_time_period_did_the_bones_in_this_discover_come_from.wav'>During which time period did the bones in this discover come from?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the Bronze Age'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/the_stone_age.wav'><span>the Stone Age</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/the_medieval_age.wav'><span>the Medieval Age</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/the_bronze_age.wav'><span>the Bronze Age</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/the_copper_age.wav'><span>the Copper Age</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19308 data-hint-location='100563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/the_researchers_identified_five_humans_who_likely_rode__blank__.wav'>The researchers identified five humans who likely rode <span class='blank'>horses</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='horses'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/houses.wav'><span>houses</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/horses.wav'><span>horses</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5817/forces.wav'><span>forces</span></div><div class='choice' 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