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The use of domesticated working animals to move people and goods: mounts ridden on the animal, pack animals carrying loads, and draft animals in harness pulling sleds, wheeled vehicles or ploughs. It predates every mechanized mode and remains in daily use worldwide.
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Core ConcernAnimal strength moving people and goods 1 Origin YearEarliest confirmed evidence of horse riding, used for transport, comes from bit-related tooth wear on horse teeth at Botai culture sites in Kazakhstan, dated about 3700 to 3500 BCE. Symbolic images of horses appear earlier, about 4800 to 4400 BCE, but do not confirm riding or transport use, and other animals such as donkeys and oxen were used for carrying and hauling around the same broad period. Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Working Animal
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Some animals are ridden by people on their backs and are known as mounts. Alternatively, one or more animals in harness may be used to pull vehicles.
1. Wikipedia: Working Animal
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An intermediate use is as draft animals, harnessed singly or in teams, to pull sleds, wheeled vehicles or ploughs.
2. Domestication of the Horse (Wikipedia)
WikipediaBit-wear evidence sectionQuote, Bit-wear evidence section
Wear facets of 3 mm or more were found on seven horse premolars in two sites of the Botai culture, Botai and Kozhai 1, dated about 3700-3500 BCE.
Wikipedia: Pony Express
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At each station, the express rider would change to a fresh horse, get a bite to eat, and would only take the mail pouch called a mochila (from the Spanish for pouch or backpack) with him.
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