<P> A number of hypotheses exist on many of the key issues regarding the domestication of the horse . Although horses appeared in Paleolithic cave art as early as 30,000 BCE , these were wild horses and were probably hunted for meat . How and when horses became domesticated is disputed . The clearest evidence of early use of the horse as a means of transport is from chariot burials dated c. 2000 BCE . However , an increasing amount of evidence supports the hypothesis that horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes approximately 3500 BCE ; recent discoveries in the context of the Botai culture suggest that Botai settlements in the Akmola Province of Kazakhstan are the location of the earliest domestication of the horse . Regardless of the specific date of domestication , use of horses spread rapidly across Eurasia for transportation , agricultural work and warfare . </P>
<P> A number of hypotheses exist on many of the key issues regarding the domestication of the horse . Although horses appeared in Paleolithic cave art as early as 30,000 BCE , these were wild horses and were probably hunted for meat . How and when horses became domesticated is disputed . The clearest evidence of early use of the horse as a means of transport is from chariot burials dated c. 2000 BCE . However , an increasing amount of evidence supports the hypothesis that horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes approximately 3500 BCE ; recent discoveries in the context of the Botai culture suggest that Botai settlements in the Akmola Province of Kazakhstan are the location of the earliest domestication of the horse . Regardless of the specific date of domestication , use of horses spread rapidly across Eurasia for transportation , agricultural work and warfare . </P>
when did horses start being used by humans
when did horses start being used by humans
approximately 3500 BCE
approximately 3500 BCE