Unique skeletal signatures identified on 5,000 years old bodies from modern Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, provide the earliest evidence of horse riding ever discovered.
A team of researchers has found that around 3,000 BC people in eastern Europe suffered “horsemanship syndrome.” The team, from the University of Helsinki and Hartwick College in New York, drew their conclusions after studying over “200 Yamnaya individuals” dating as far back as the beginning of the Bronze Age .
The researchers discovered a group of ancient Yamnaya, also known as the Pit Grave culture or Ochre Grave culture, who were equestrian specialists that had originated around Ukraine and western Russia between 3300–2600 BC.
