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Comment by CuriouslyC

3 months ago

I don't believe that. How hard is it to capture baby horses, it would happen naturally hunting their parents. Horses bond decently with people and if captured and socialized heavily by the tribe from a young age I have no doubt first generation wild horses would be rideable and could be bred.

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Amezarak  3 months ago

Yes, but the ability to bond decently with people may be a trait that was bred into them during the early domestication process.

  • CuriouslyC  3 months ago

    Wild horses run in herds, I think they're naturally social. If anything, it takes less work now - ranchers can ride horses that get very limited human contact, but the I image first generation tamed horses must have required a lot of socialization.

    • oblio  3 months ago

      I'm fairly sure that not only are they social, their society is hierarchical, which would make it easier for them to accept humans as "top horses".