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horse goes back some 55 million years to the tropical rain forests of North America. There was a leaf-eating mammal about the size of a dog. It was called Hyracotherium.

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Humans also figured out how to use horses in warfare. The invention of the saddle, and then the stirrup, which first appeared in China about 2,000 years ago.

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Today the horse continues to be used for transportation and farming in some regions. But it is mostly ridden for recreation or kept as a pet in the industrialized world.

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We do not know if humans used horses to pull wheeled vehicles before they learned to ride them. Most of these developments occurred before writing was invented.

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While horses disappeared in the Americas foragers in Europe and Asia continued to hunt horses and in some ways, almost worship them. Curiously they suddenly vanished from the Americas about 10,000 years ago.

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The invention of the steam engine ended the dominance of the horse. Railroads, steamboats, and the automobile quickly took over.
The invention of the steam engine ended the dominance of the horse. Railroads, steamboats, and the automobile quickly took over.