https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-05-08 16:08:47 UTC 2017-05-10 16:26:58 UTC hello@padlet.com smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170553192 Supposedly 55 million years ago, in the Tropical rain forests of North America there were leaf eating animal the size of a dog. This distant ancestor of the horse evolved as part of the rise of the mammals that followed the extinction of dinosaurs. ]]> 2017-05-08 16:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170553192 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170558078 10,000 years ago in the Americas to Asia, they had eventually spread to Europe and suddenly disappeared.]]> 2017-05-08 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170558078 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170558660 17,000 years ago in Lascaux, France, there were cave paintings that had beautifully displayed horses. Later, human societies named constellations after the horse.]]> 2017-05-08 16:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170558660 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170560337 5000 BC in Kazakhstan Ancient knife marks found on thousands of horse bones show that these horses were raised for meat and perhaps milk.]]> 2017-05-08 16:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170560337 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170561084 About 4000 years ago in the Middle East the earliest evidence of humans riding horses was found as 5000 year old fossils of worn down horse teeth.]]> 2017-05-08 16:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170561084 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170561890 5000 years ago in the Middle East The fossils that were found indicate that a riding bit was placed in the animal's mouth. It is certainly possible that humans rode horses without bits long before that, but no physical evidence remains. ]]> 2017-05-08 16:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170561890 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170562772 Horse mounted messengers on the Persian Empire's Royal Road in the Fifth Century BCE could carry a message 1700 miles in seven days, it took 90 days by foot. ]]> 2017-05-08 16:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170562772 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170563681 About 2000 years ago, first appearing in China, with saddle and stirrup, warriors could now throw spears, slash with swords, or fire arrows.]]> 2017-05-08 16:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170563681 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170818080 Electronic Communication and new forms of transformation made the horse obsolete for carrying messages ]]> 2017-05-09 16:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170818080 smithhal001 https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170818916 Perhaps in the future the horse may have a more complex and important relationship with humans. Humans and horses have had a relationship for thousands of years. Horses perhaps understand humans in ways we don't even know. ]]> 2017-05-09 16:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/smithhal001/xrdnvci7lzv/wish/170818916