title: [From wild horse to riding horse].
abstract: Over 45 million years of evolution the horse developed to a highly specialized animal in anatomy, physiology and behavior. No other animal had influenced the economic and cultural history of men to such extent. Hunting prey since the ice age, domesticated 4000 B.C. and used for thousands of years as unique animal all over the world has attained a new role today as partner in sport, as companion animal and even as cotherapeutic. The well known behavioral demands in use and keeping are still often not fulfilled.
authors.affiliation: Zoologischer Garten Zürich.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isenbügel
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001947:Breeding / Q000266:history; D005260:Female; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010151:Paintings; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D012613:Sculpture; D013177:Sports / Q000266:history