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"If a child hasn’t ever got their hands dirty looking for bugs, how can we expect them to care about the natural world?” RSPB president Kate Humble...
Domestic horses
28th June 2010
It's been 5,500 years since horses were domesticated, according to researchers from Bristol and Exeter Universities. They were bred from wild animals by the Botai Culture of Kazakhstan for riding and milking.
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