[deleted] t1_jb51hhd wrote on March 6, 2023 at 2:20 PM

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DoctorZiegIer t1_jb5owqq wrote on March 6, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Ancient horses were too small and didn't have a back strong enough to support riding.

Horse were definitely already semi or fully domesticated, plenty of evidence shows they were used to pull chariots and carry cargo, but to carry an entire person with no issues requires bigger and stronger horses that probably didn't yet exist before ~3000 BC

Horses were used over 5000 years ago, but we couldn't yet ride them, they could not handle our load

missingdab t1_jb7q0m4 wrote on March 7, 2023 at 1:38 AM

How small and weak could the horses have been? Ok, maybe the biggest and strongest members of the tribe would break the animals back, but you don't think some scrawny, teenage members of the group wouldn't be able to ride? Those are the ones who probably came up with such a dumb idea.