Schöningen site
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The Schöningen site is an archaeological site at a mine in Lower Saxony, in Germany that has yielded significant Paleolithic artifacts dating to approximately 300,000 years ago. It is best known for t
Photograph of the Schöningen mine in 2012
In situ bones of the butchered adult female straight-tusked elephant from layer 13 II-3
Wild horse
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The wild horse is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse as well as the endangered Przewalski's horse. The European wild horse, also known as the tarp
Schöningen site
…stratigraphic sequence as Schöningen 13 II-4, numerous remains (representing 20-25 individuals) of butchered horses belonging to the extinct species Equus mosbachensis have been found associated with wooden spears (the famous Schöningen spears), among the oldest known wooden spears, other wood tools, including throwing…
Equus ferus gallery
Equus ferus fossil from 9100 BC found near Odense, at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen
Przewalski's horse in Hungary
Semi-feral Exmoor ponies. Though popularly called "wild" horses, feral and semi-feral horses had ancestors that were domesticated.