The Yamnaya may have been the world’s earliest known horseback riders
Excavated human skeletons indicate that the Yamnaya rode horses around 5,000 years ago
![An overhead photo of a skeleton.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/030223_mp_horseback-rider_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Several skeletons from the ancient Yamnaya people, including the one shown here, bear signs that they may have ridden horses around 5,000 years ago, a new study suggests. That would make them the earliest known horseback riders.
Michał Podsiadło